Verse 1.17

काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः ।

धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः ॥

1.17

Transliteration

kāśyaśca parameṣvāsaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca mahārathaḥ |

dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaśca sātyakiścāparājitaḥ ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

The king of Kasi, an exellent archer, Sikhandi, the mighty car-warrior, Dhrishtadyumna and Virata and Satyaki, the unconered.

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Word by word

the king of Kashi
and
the supreme archer
Shikhandi
and
great chariot warrior

Dhrishtadyumna
Virata
and
Satyaki
and
the unconquered

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

The roll of Pandava warriors who sound their conches continues into this and the next verse. The king of Kashi and Virata were named earlier in the chapter. New here is Shikhandi, son of Drupada, born female and later living as a man, whom Bhishma has vowed never to fight, a fact that will decide Bhishma's fall in the war. Dhrishtadyumna is the Pandava commander. Satyaki, also called Yuyudhana, is called unconquered. The list affirms that the Pandava side, too, is united and ready.