1.17 Sri Sankaracharya did not comment on this sloka. The commentary starts from 2.10.
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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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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
1.17 Sri Sankaracharya did not comment on this sloka. The commentary starts from 2.10.
Original Sanskrit shown. English rendering in progress.
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.
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.