Bhagavad Gita · 1.4
॥
Devanāgarī
अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुनसमा युधि ।
युयुधानो विराटश्च द्रुपदश्च महारथः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
atra śūrā maheṣvāsā bhīmārjunasamā yudhi |
yuyudhāno virāṭaśca drupadaśca mahārathaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अत्रatrahere, in this [army].
शूराःśūrāḥheroes, brave men, valiant warriors.
महेष्वासाःmahā-iṣu-āsāḥmighty archers, great bowmen (lit. “those bearing great bows”).
भीमार्जुनसमाःbhīma-arjuna-samāḥequal to Bhīma and Arjuna.
युधिyudhiin battle, in combat.
युयुधानःyuyudhānaḥYuyudhāna (another name of Sātyaki, a great warrior).
विराटःvirāṭaḥVirāṭa (the king with whom the Pāṇḍavas hid).
चcaand.
द्रुपदःdrupadaḥDrupada (king of Pāñcāla, father of Draupadī).
चcaand.
महारथःmahā-rathaḥa mahāratha, a great chariot-warrior (able to fight ten thousand archers single-handedly).
Translation
“Here [in their army], O teacher, are gathered heroes, mighty archers, equal in battle to Bhīma and Arjuna themselves. Among them are Yuyudhāna [Sātyaki], Virāṭa, and Drupada, a great warrior on his chariot.”
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