1.17 – kASyaS cha

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SlOkam – Original

kASyaScha paramEshvAsa: SIkaNdI cha mahAratha: |
dhrushtadhyumnO virAtaScha sAthyakiSchAparAjitha: ||

word-by-word meaning

paramEshvAsa: – great archer
kASya: – king of kASI
mahAratha: – great charioteer
SikaNdIS cha – and SikaNdI
dhrushtadhyumna: – and dhrushtadhyumna
virAtaScha – and the king of virAta
aparAjitha – invincible
sAthyaki: cha – and sAthyaki

Simple Translation

King of kASI, a great archer, and SikaNdI who is a great charioteer, and dhrushtadhyumna, and the king of virAta, and the invincible sAthyAki (blew their conches).

Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam

“Kāśya and Parameshvāsa, Śikhaṇḍi the great-carred, Dhṛishtadyumna and Virāṭa, Sātyaki the invincible,”

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