Verse 1.9
अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः ।
नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः ॥
Transliteration
anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā madarthe tyaktajīvitāḥ |
nānāśastrapraharaṇāḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
"And also many other heroes who are ready to give up their lives for my sake, armed with various weapons and missiles, all well-skilled in battle.
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And many other heroes, ready to give up their lives for my sake, armed with many kinds of weapons, all of them skilled in war.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Duryodhana sums up the rest of his army without naming them: many heroes prepared to die for him, armed with varied weapons and expert in war. The phrase for my sake is revealing. Throughout the passage Duryodhana speaks of the war as his own cause, and the lives of others as offerings to it. The verse completes his survey of the forces and shows the self-centred outlook that drives the Kaurava side, a contrast to the agonised concern for others that Arjuna will soon express.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08