[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 1.4 · spoken by Duryodhan ]
He couldn't stop listing the people he was afraid of.
Duryodhan names Bheem, Arjun, and their allies one by one — as if saying the names out loud could shrink them.
SANSKRIT
अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुनसमा युधि । युयुधानो विराटश्च द्रुपदश्च महारथः ॥१-४॥
हिंदी
इस सेना में भीम और अर्जुन के समान युद्ध में वीर, महान धनुर्धर हैं — युयुधान (सात्यकि), राजा विराट और महारथी द्रुपद।
KRISHNA’S LINE
“The mind that keeps measuring itself against others never measures itself.”
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