[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 1.6 · spoken by Duryodhan ]
Every one of them, he said, is a maharath — a master.
He doesn't dismiss them. He admits: every enemy on that field is a master of war.
SANSKRIT
युधामन्युश्च विक्रान्त उत्तमौजाश्च वीर्यवान् । सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्व एव महारथाः ॥१-६॥
हिंदी
पराक्रमी युधामन्यु, वीर उत्तमौजा, सुभद्रा-पुत्र अभिमन्यु और द्रौपदी के पाँचों पुत्र — ये सब-के-सब महारथी हैं।
KRISHNA’S LINE
“When you build your enemies up too big, the fear is the real enemy.”
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