राम
V.171.161.18

Chapter 1 · Verse 17·Spoken by Sanjaya

काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः। धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः

kāśhyaśhcha parameṣhvāsaḥ śhikhaṇḍī cha mahā-rathaḥ dhṛiṣhṭadyumno virāṭaśhcha sātyakiśh chāparājitaḥ

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Sanskrit recitation by Swami Brahmānanda

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kāśhyaḥKing of Kashichaandparama-iṣhu-āsaḥthe excellent archerśhikhaṇḍīShikhandichaalsomahā-rathaḥwarriors who could single handedly match the strength of ten thousand ordinary warriorsdhṛiṣhṭadyumnaḥDhrishtadyumnavirāṭaḥViratchaandsātyakiḥSatyakichaandaparājitaḥinvincible

Reading set · 5 translations · 3 commentaries

Translation · 5 voices

And the King of Kashi, wielding a great bow, and the great chariot-rider Sikhandin, Dhrstadyumna, Virata, and Satyaki the unconquered;

Swami Gambiranandaafter Śaṅkara's bhāṣya· paired with Śaṅkara

And the King of Kasi, the supreme bowman, Sikandi the mighty warrior, Dhrstadyumna, and Virata; and Satyaki, the invincible;

Swami Adidevanandaafter Rāmānuja's bhāṣya· paired with Rāmānuja

And the king of Kasi, a great archer, and Sikhandin, a mighty warrior; Dhrstadyumna and the king of Virata, and the unconquered Satyaki;

Dr. S. Sankaranarayanafter Madhva's bhāṣya· paired with Madhva

The king of Kasi, an excellent archer, Sikhandi, the mighty car-warrior, Dhrishtadyumna, Virata, and Satyaki, the unconquered.

Swami SivanandaThe Bhagavad Gita

And the Maharaja of Benares, the great archer, Shikhandi, the great soldier, Dhrishtayumna, Virata, and Satyaki, the invincible one,

Shri Purohit SwamiThe Geeta

ŚaṅkarācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Advaita Vedānta· Classical
Sanskrit shown · English translation in progress

1.17 Sri Sankaracharya did not comment on this sloka. The commentary starts from 2.10.

Original Sanskrit shown. English rendering in progress.

RāmānujācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Viśiṣṭādvaita· Classical
Machine translation · draft

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Ramanuja's commentary treats verses 1.1 through 1.19 as a single passage; it is given in full at verse 1.1.

Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.

MadhvācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Dvaita· Classical
Machine translation · draft

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse; his Gita-bhashya begins at verse 2.11.

Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.