Bhagavad Gita 1.17
Chapter 1, verse 17
Meaning
The king of Kāśī, a superb archer, and Śikhaṇḍī, a great chariot-warrior, were there too, along with Dhṛṣṭadyumna, King Virāṭa and Sātyaki, who had never been beaten.
The Sanskrit
काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः ।
धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः ॥ १७ ॥
kāśyaś ca parameṣvāsaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca mahārathaḥ
dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaś ca sātyakiś cāparājitaḥ
Say it
kaash-yush-chuh puh-ruh-maysh-vaa-suh-huh shi-khun-dee chuh muh-haa-ruh-thuh-huh
dhrish-tuh-dyoom-no vi-raa-tush-chuh saat-yuh-kish-chaa-puh-raa-ji-tuh-huh
Word by word
- kāśyaḥ
- the king of Kāśī
- parama-iṣvāsaḥ
- a supreme archer
- śikhaṇḍī
- Śikhaṇḍī
- mahā-rathaḥ
- a great chariot-warrior
- dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ
- Dhṛṣṭadyumna, commander of the Pāṇḍava army
- virāṭaḥ
- Virāṭa, king of the Matsyas
- sātyakiḥ
- Sātyaki
- ca aparājitaḥ
- and the unconquered one
Read it in context: verses 1.17–20Arjuna lifts his bowWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: The same sound lands differently
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.17 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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