Bhagavad Gita · 1.5
॥
Devanāgarī
धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान् ।
पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
dhṛṣṭaketuś cekitānaḥ kāśirājaś ca vīryavān |
purujit kuntibhojaś ca śaibyaś ca narapuṅgavaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
धृष्टकेतुःdhṛṣṭaketuḥDhṛṣṭaketu (king of Cedi, son of Śiśupāla).
चेकितानःcekitānaḥCekitāna (a warrior of the Vṛṣṇi clan, a kinsman of Kṛṣṇa).
काशिराजःkāśi-rājaḥKāśirāja, the king of Kāśi (Vārāṇasī).
चcaand.
वीर्यवान्vīryavānvaliant, mighty, heroic.
पुरुजित्purujitPurujit (brother of Kuntibhoja).
कुन्तिभोजःkuntibhojaḥKuntibhoja (the foster father of Kuntī, mother of the Pāṇḍavas).
चcaand.
शैब्यःśaibyaḥŚaibya (a king of the Śibi clan).
चcaand.
नरपुङ्गवःnara-puṅgavaḥthe best of men, a leader of men (lit. “bull among men”).
Translation
“Also here are Dhṛṣṭaketu, Cekitāna, and the valiant king of Kāśi. And Purujit, and Kuntibhoja, and Śaibya — the best of men.”
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