Chapter 1 · Verse 17
Arjuna's Dilemma
काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः। धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः
kāśhyaśhcha parameṣhvāsaḥ śhikhaṇḍī cha mahā-rathaḥ dhṛiṣhṭadyumno virāṭaśhcha sātyakiśh chāparājitaḥ
Word Meanings
kāśhyaḥ — King of Kashi; cha — and; parama-iṣhu-āsaḥ — the excellent archer; śhikhaṇḍī — Shikhandi; cha — also; mahā-rathaḥ — warriors who could single handedly match the strength of ten thousand ordinary warriors; dhṛiṣhṭadyumnaḥ — Dhrishtadyumna; virāṭaḥ — Virat; cha — and; sātyakiḥ — Satyaki; cha — and; aparājitaḥ — invincible
Translation
The King of Kashi, a supreme archer, Shikhandi the great warrior, Dhrishtadyumna, Virata, and the invincible Satyaki—