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एष दुर्योधनः कृष्ण द्रोणेन विहिताम् इमाम् ॥
तिष्ठत्य् अभीतवत् संख्ये बिभ्रत् कवचधारणाम् ॥
यत् त्व् अत्र विहितं कार्यं नैष तद् वेत्ति माधव ॥
स्त्रीवद् एष बिभर्त्य् एतां युक्तां कवचधारणाम् ॥
पश्य बाह्वोश् च मे वीर्यं धनुषश् च जनार्दन ॥
पराजयिष्ये कौरव्यं कवचेनापि रक्षितम् ॥
eṣa duryodhanaḥ kṛṣṇa droṇena vihitām imām ||
tiṣṭhaty abhītavat saṃkhye bibhrat kavacadhāraṇām ||
yat tv atra vihitaṃ kāryaṃ naiṣa tad vetti mādhava ||
strīvad eṣa bibharty etāṃ yuktāṃ kavacadhāraṇām ||
paśya bāhvoś ca me vīryaṃ dhanuṣaś ca janārdana ||
parājayiṣye kauravyaṃ kavacenāpi rakṣitam ||
"This Duryodhana, Krishna, stands in battle as though fearless, wearing this armor arranged by Drona; but what rite is prescribed here he does not know, Madhava — like a woman he wears this armor bound to its rite. Behold the might of my two arms and of my bow, Janardana: I shall vanquish the Kauravya, though he be guarded by his mail."
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"Strīvat... bibharti" — "he wears it like a woman": not as reproach to woman, but to him who has clothed himself in power without accepting its rite ("yuktāṃ kavacadhāraṇām"). Duryodhana bears the shell of knowledge without its heart — hence he is "abhītavat", fearless only in appearance. It is significant that might without the proper ordering of spirit is mere semblance. The verse teaches that one who has seized protection without earning its inner rite is protected only in show, and valor grounded in knowledge shall overcome bare armor.