1.5

Sanskrit

धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान् । पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः ॥

dhṛṣṭaketuś cekitānaḥ kāśirājaś ca vīryavān purujit kuntibhojaś ca śaibyaś ca narapuṅgavaḥ

Translation

Drishtaketu, Chekitâna and the valiant King of Kâshi, Purujit and Kuntibhoja, and Shaivya, bull among men;

Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain

Explanation

The roll call continues with five more Pândava commanders. The sheer density of proper names across verses 4–6 is itself doing rhetorical work — Duryodhana isn’t just informing Drona, he’s building a case for how serious this army is, ahead of his own anxious admission in verse 10.