Bhagavad Gita 1.4
Chapter 1, verse 4
Meaning
Over there are heroes and mighty archers, every bit the equal of Bhīma and Arjuna in battle: Yuyudhāna, Virāṭa, and Drupada, a great chariot-warrior. (Duryodhana's list carries on through the next two verses.)
The Sanskrit
अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुनसमा युधि ।
युयुधानो विराटश्च द्रुपदश्च महारथः ॥ ४ ॥
atra śūrā maheṣvāsā bhīmārjunasamā yudhi
yuyudhāno virāṭaś ca drupadaś ca mahārathaḥ
Say it
ut-ruh shoo-raa muh-haysh-vaa-saa bhee-maar-joo-nuh-suh-maa yoo-dhi
yoo-yoo-dhaa-no vi-raa-tush chuh droo-puh-dush chuh muh-haa-ruh-thuh-huh
Word by word
- atra
- here, in that army
- śūrāḥ
- heroes
- mahā-iṣvāsāḥ
- great archers, wielders of mighty bows
- bhīma-arjuna-samāḥ
- equal to Bhīma and Arjuna
- yudhi
- in battle
- yuyudhānaḥ
- Yuyudhāna (also called Sātyaki)
- virāṭaḥ
- King Virāṭa
- drupadaḥ
- King Drupada
- mahā-rathaḥ
- a great chariot-warrior
Read it in context: verses 1.1–4A blind king asks what happenedWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Notice who you call “mine”
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.4 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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