यच् चासहायतां राजन्न् उक्तवान् असि भारत ॥
तन् मिथ्या भ्रातरो हीमे सहायास् ते महारथाः ॥
द्रोणस् तव महेष्वासः सह पुत्रेण धीमता ॥
सूतपुत्रश् च राधेयो गौतमश् च महारथः ॥
अहं च सह सोदर्यैः सौमदत्तिश् च वीर्यवान् ॥
एतैस् त्वं सहितः सर्वैर् जय कृत्स्नां वसुंधराम् ॥
yac cāsahāyatāṃ rājann uktavān asi bhārata ||
tan mithyā bhrātaro hīme sahāyās te mahārathāḥ ||
droṇas tava maheṣvāsaḥ saha putreṇa dhīmatā ||
sūtaputraś ca rādheyo gautamaś ca mahārathaḥ ||
ahaṃ ca saha sodaryaiḥ saumadattiś ca vīryavān ||
etais tvaṃ sahitaḥ sarvair jaya kṛtsnāṃ vasuṃdharām ||
"As for what you said about lacking allies, O king, O Bharata -- that is false: for your brothers are allies, great chariot-warriors; Drona, the great archer, together with his wise son, and the suta's son Radheya [Karna], and Gautama [Kripa], the great chariot-warrior; and I with my own brothers, and the valiant son of Somadatta. Together with all of them, conquer the whole earth."
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Shakuni lists Duryodhana's mighty allies -- and indeed there are many of them. Yet it is notable that an abundance of strong hands will not make a wrong cause right: this whole host will gather not for dharma but for envy. The verse teaches that a multitude of supporters is no measure of righteousness: the greatest heroes may stand behind a falsehood, and it will still remain a falsehood. And this very listing of the future warriors of Kurukshetra shows how one man's envy gathers many worthy men around itself -- to their ruin. Strength placed in the service of an evil design does not justify it, but only multiplies the calamity to come.