Guest guest Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 4.athra Sooraa maheshvaasaa bhimaarjuna smaa yuDhi yuyuDhaan0o viraataScha dhrupadhacha mahaaraThaH 5. DhrshtakethuH chekithaanaH kaaSiraajaScha veeryavaan purujith kunthibhojaScha SaibhyaScha narapungavaH 6.yuDhaamanyScha vikraanthaH utthamoujaaScha veeryavaan soubhadhro dhroupadheyaaSchasarvam eva mahaaraThaah There in that army of Pandavas, are heroes great bowmen equal to Bhima and Arjuna in battle. YuYuDhaana ,Virata, and Dhrupadha , amighty warrior, Dhrshtakethu, Chekithaana, and the valiant king of Kasi, Purujith and kuthibhoja and Saibhya, a bull among men, YuDhaamanyu, the valiant,Utthamoujas, the strong, and also the son of Subhdhra, and the sons of Dhroupadhi, all mighty warriors. DuryoDhana points out to Drona the heroes who have assembled to assist the Pandavas in battle in these three slokas. Athra-there, refers to the army of Pandavas about which he was speaking in the previous sloka. Maheshvaasaah- ishu means arrow and ishvaasaaH means great bowmen. yuDhi –in battle, BheemaarjunasamaaH – all these are equal to Bhima and Arjuna. YuyuDhaanaH- refers to Sathyaki, a yadhava, who was the disciple of Arjuna and a companion of Krishna. Virata – king of the country of Mathsya. Pandavas lived in his country incognito during their 13th year of exile. Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna and Subhadhra married his daughter Utthara. Drupadha- king of Panchala and father of Dhroupadhi and Dhrshtadhyumana. Dhrshtakethu- King of Chedhi, son of Sisupala,, cousin of Krishna, whom Krishna killed during the rajasooyayaga of Yudhishtira. After his father's death he became a friend of Pandavas and Krishna.(Sisupala, a cousin of Krishna, was Ravana in his naxt and last janma.) chekithaanaH- a commander of one of the seven akshouhini of the Pandava army. KasirajaH- King of Kasi Purujith and kunthibhoja- brothers of Kunthi. Saibhya- father in law of Yudhishtira. Yudhaamanyu and utthamoujaH- sons of Dhrupadha. soubhadhraH- Abhimanyu , son of Subhadhra. DhroupadheyaaH- the five sons of Dhroupadhi. Sarve eva mahaaraThaah-all are skilled in asthra and sashthra. A mahaaraTha is one who can 10000 soldiers in an army . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 maamakaaH- Dhrathrashtra refers to the, kouravas, his hundred sons and all those who have gathered in support of kouravas. It is to be noted that he refers to his side of the warriors as maamakaaH thus identifying himself with kouravas only and mentions Pandavas by name thus separating them as not belonging to him. It show his partiality towards Duryodhana, fully well knowing that he was unrighteous in calling Pandavas to battle. In contrast this, Arjuna uses the term "swajanam" (our own people) dAsan KST sarojram18 <sarojram18 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 5:51 am Bhagavatgita a detailed study-chapter1 Chapter1. Arjuna's despondency drtharaashtraH uvaacha Dhrtharaashtra said 1.Dharmakshethre kurukshethre samavethaa yuyuthsavaH maamakaaH paandavaaH chaiva kim akurvatha sanjaya In the field of Kurukshethra, which is also a dharmakshethra, assembled with the desire to fight, what did my people and Pandavas do, Sanjaya? &n bsp; maamakaaH- Dhrathrashtra refers to the, kouravas, his hundred sons and all those who have gathered in support of kouravas. It is to be noted that he refers to his side of the warriors as maamakaaH thus identifying himself with kouravas only and mentions Pandavas by name thus separating them as not belonging to him. It show his partiality towards Duryodhana, fully well knowing that he was unrighteous in calling Pandavas to battle. PandavaaH- refers to the five sons of Pandu and all those who were on their side. Cha eva – means `and.' my people and Pandavas.' eva is for emphasis though cha itself is enough to mean `and.' samavethaaH- assembled together. yuyuthsavaH- wishing to fight. Yoddhum icchavah dharmakshethre- in the holy field of kurukshethre- Kurukshethra. Kurukshethra is extolled in Mahabharatha and is know by another name Samantha panchaka. This is the place where Agni, Indra and Brahma did penance and also king Kuru. It is said that those who die here go to higher planes. 0D Kim akurvatha- what did they do? Sanjaya- Dhrtharashtra asks Sanjaya When the war was inevitable, Vyasa asked Dhrtharashtra whether he wanted to see it and if so he would be given divine eyesight to see what was happening on the battle field. But Dhrtharaashtra did not want to see it and said that nevertheless he wanted to hear about it in detail. Thereupon Vyasa gave divine eyesight to Sanjay and said that he would see everything that happened and would be able to give a detailed account of it to Dhrtharashtra. After ten days of war, Bhishma fell and Dhrtharashtra became upset and asked Sanjaya to tell him all that had happened so far on the battle fiel d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Yes. Arjuna uses the word svajanam alright as he is more dhaarmik than kouravas and Dhrtharashtras but he also said dhaartharaashtrasya dhurbuddheh. So what he maeant as svajanam must be people like Bheeshma and other relatives who have joined Dhuryodhana only out of loyalty and fear rather than out of enmity towards Pandavas. Dr. Saroja Ramanujam, M.A., Ph.D, Siromani in sanskrit. www.freewebs.com/asrama3 --- On Tue, 10/14/08, Koti Sreekrishna <tatachar wrote: Koti Sreekrishna <tatacharRe: Bhagavatgita a detailed study-chapter1 Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 1:25 AM maamakaaH- Dhrathrashtra refers to the, kouravas, his hundred sons and all those who have gathered in support of kouravas. It is to be noted that he refers to his side of the warriors as maamakaaH thus identifying himself with kouravas only and mentions Pandavas by name thus separating them as not belonging to him. It show his partiality towards Duryodhana, fully well knowing that he was unrighteous in calling Pandavas to battle. In contrast this, Arjuna uses the term "swajanam" (our own people)dAsanKSTsarojram18 <sarojram18 >Fri, 10 Oct 2008 5:51 am Bhagavatgita a detailed study-chapter1 Chapter1. Arjuna's despondency drtharaashtraH uvaacha Dhrtharaashtra said 1.Dharmakshethre kurukshethre samavethaa yuyuthsavaH maamakaaH paandavaaH chaiva kim akurvatha sanjaya In the field of Kurukshethra, which is also a dharmakshethra, assembled with the desire to fight, what did my people and Pandavas do, Sanjaya? & n bsp; maamakaaH- Dhrathrashtra refers to the, kouravas, his hundred sons and all those who have gathered in support of kouravas. It is to be noted that he refers to his side of the warriors as maamakaaH thus identifying himself with kouravas only and mentions Pandavas by name thus separating them as not belonging to him. It show his partiality towards Duryodhana, fully well knowing that he was unrighteous in calling Pandavas to battle. PandavaaH- refers to the five sons of Pandu and all those who were on their side. Cha eva – means `and.' my people and Pandavas.' eva is for emphasis though cha itself is enough to mean `and.' samavethaaH- assembled together. yuyuthsavaH- wishing to fight. Yoddhum icchavah dharmakshethre- in the holy field of kurukshethre- Kurukshethra. Kurukshethra is extolled in Mahabharatha and is know by another name Samantha panchaka. This is the place where Agni, Indra and Brahma did penance and also king Kuru. It is said that those who die here go to higher planes. 0D Kim akurvatha- what did they do? Sanjaya- Dhrtharashtra asks Sanjaya When the war was inevitable, Vyasa asked Dhrtharashtra whether he wanted to see it and if so he would be given divine eyesight to see what was happening on the battle field. But Dhrtharaashtra did not want to see it and said that nevertheless he wanted to hear about it in detail. Thereupon Vyasa gave divine eyesight to Sanjay and said that he would see everything that happened and would be able to give a detailed account of it to Dhrtharashtra. After ten days of war, Bhishma fell and Dhrtharashtra became upset and asked Sanjaya to tell him all that had happened so far on the battle fiel d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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