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1.3Sanjaya
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पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम् ।व्यूढां द्रुपदपुत्रेण तव शिष्येण धीमता ॥

paśyaitāṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇām ācārya mahatīṃ camūm |vyūḍhāṃ drupadaputreṇa tava śiṣyeṇa dhīmatā ||

पश्य · paśya
behold, see
एताम् · etām
this
पाण्डुपुत्राणाम् · pāṇḍuputrāṇām
of the sons of Pandu
आचार्य · ācārya
O teacher
महतीम् · mahatīm
great, mighty
चमूम् · camūm
army, host
व्यूढाम् · vyūḍhām
marshalled, arrayed
द्रुपदपुत्रेण · drupadaputreṇa
by the son of Drupada (Dhrishtadyumna)
तव · tava
your
शिष्येण · śiṣyeṇa
by the disciple, pupil
धीमता · dhīmatā
by the wise, intelligent one

Behold, O teacher, this mighty army of the sons of Pandu — marshalled by your wise disciple, the son of Drupada.

Original plain-language translation

A barbed compliment: Dhrishtadyumna, now commanding the enemy, learned warfare from Drona himself. Duryodhana reminds his teacher of this — part flattery of the 'wise disciple', part accusation that Drona armed the other side.

Reader's notes (original)