पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणाम् आचार्य महतीं चमूम् ।व्यूढां द्रुपदपुत्रेण तव शिष्येण धीमता ॥
paśyaitāṁ pāṇḍuputrāṇām ācārya mahatīṁ camūmvyūḍhāṁ drupadaputreṇa tava śiṣyeṇa dhīmatā
“Behold this mighty host of the sons of Pandu, O Acharya, arrayed by the son of Drupada, thy intelligent disciple.
Compiled rendering · Anilbaran Roy
His translation
“Behold, O Master, this mighty host of the sons of Pandou marshalled by Drupad’s son, thy disciple deep of brain. There are heroes and great bowmen equal unto Bheme and Urjoona in war, Yuyudhân and Virâta and Drupad, the mighty car-warrior, Dhristakétou and Chékitâna and Kâshi’s heroic king; and Purujit Coontybhoja and Shaivya, lion of men; and Yudhamanyu of mighty deeds, and hero Uttamoujas and Subhadra’s son and the sons of Droupady, great warriors all. And they who are our chief and first, them also mark, O best of the twiceborn,—leaders of my army, for the reckoning let me speak their names, thou and Bheeshma and Curna, Cripa & Somitinjoy, Uswutthâman and Vicurna and Somadutta’s son, and many other courageous hearts that for me have cast their lives behind them, smiters with various weapons and many arms, and all are expert in war. Weak to its task is this our strength but Bheeshma guards the host; sufficient to its task is yonder strength of the foe & Bhema is their guard. Do ye then each stationed to his work stand up in all the gates of the war and Bheeshma, ever Bheeshma do ye guard, yea all guard him alone.”
Writings in Bengali
paśyaitāṁ pāṇḍuputrāṇāmācārya mahatīṁ camūm
vyūḍhāṁ drupadaputreṇa tava śiṣyeṇa dhīmatā (3)
“Behold, O Teacher, this mighty army of the sons of Pandu, arrayed by the son of Drupada, thy intelligent disciple.”
Duryodhana’s Diplomatic Speech
Sanjaya began to describe that first war-effort. Seeing the battle-array of the Pandava army Duryodhana approached Dronacharya. Why he went to Drona needs explanation. Bhishma is the commander-in-chief, the word of war should have been spoken to him, but the crooked-minded Duryodhana did not trust Bhishma. Bhishma is attached to the Pandavas, the leader of the peace party of Hastinapura; if the war were only between the Pandavas and the Dhartarashtras, Bhishma would never have taken up arms; but seeing the Kuru kingdom attacked by the Panchala nation, the ancient enemy and rival empire-seeker of the Kurus, the chief man of the Kuru race, warrior and politician, accepting the post of commander-in-chief, became determined to protect the honour and supremacy of his own race preserved by his own strength of arm till the end. Duryodhana himself is of Asuric nature, attraction and repulsion are the proof and cause of all his actions; therefore he is unable to understand the state of mind of the dutiful great man; he could never believe that this hard ascetic has the strength in his heart to slay even the Pandavas dear as life in the battlefield for the sake of duty. Even after trying his best to desist his own race from injustice and harm by expressing his own opinion at the time of patriotic counsel, once that injustice and harm is accepted by the people, he protects his own race and suppresses the enemy even in an unrighteous war; Bhishma had adopted that side. This feeling is also beyond Duryodhana’s comprehension. Therefore without going to Bhishma he remembered Drona. Drona is personally a great enemy of the Panchala king; Dhrishtadyumna, the prince of the Panchala country, is determined to kill Drona the teacher; that is to say, Duryodhana thought, if reminded of this personal enmity the teacher giving up the partiality for peace would fight with full enthusiasm. He did not say that clearly. He only mentioned the name of Dhrishtadyumna; after that to please Bhishma also he pointed him out as the protector of the Kuru kingdom and the hope of victory. First he mentioned the names of the chief warriors of the opponent, then mentioned the names of a few leaders of his own army, not all; the names of Drona and Bhishma are enough for the fulfilment of his design; but to hide that design he mentioned four or five other names. After that he said, “This army of mine is very huge, Bhishma is my commander-in-chief; the army of the Pandavas is relatively small, their hope of protection is the strength of Bhima; so why should we not win? However when Bhishma is our main hope, everyone should protect him from enemy attack. If he is there our victory is inevitable.” Many interpret the word “aparyaptam” in the opposite sense; that is not reasonable; Duryodhana’s army is relatively large; the leaders of that army are not inferior to anyone in prowess and heroism; why should the boastful Duryodhana condemn his own strength and create despair? Bhishma understanding Duryodhana’s state of mind and the secret purpose of his words roared like a lion and blew his conch to remove his doubt. Joy was produced in Duryodhana’s heart. He thought, my object is accomplished; Drona and Bhishma casting aside hesitation will fight.
পশ্যৈতাং পাণ্ডুপুত্রাণামাচার্য্য মহতীং চমূম্।
ব্যূঢ়াং দ্রুপদপুত্রেণ তব শিষ্যেণ ধীমতা॥৩॥
