धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान् ।पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः ॥
dhṛṣṭaketuś cekitānaḥ kāśirājaś ca vīryavān |purujit kuntibhojaś ca śaibyaś ca narapuṅgavaḥ ||
- धृष्टकेतुः · dhṛṣṭaketuḥ
- Dhrishtaketu (king of the Chedis)
- चेकितानः · cekitānaḥ
- Chekitana (a Yadava warrior)
- काशिराजः · kāśirājaḥ
- the king of Kashi
- वीर्यवान् · vīryavān
- the valiant, powerful one
- पुरुजित् · purujit
- Purujit (a Kuntibhoja prince)
- कुन्तिभोजः · kuntibhojaḥ
- Kuntibhoja (king, Kunti's foster father)
- शैब्यः · śaibyaḥ
- Shaibya (king of the Shibis)
- नरपुङ्गवः · narapuṅgavaḥ
- a bull among men, foremost of men
“Dhrishtaketu, Chekitana, and the valiant king of Kashi; Purujit, Kuntibhoja, and Shaibya, a bull among men.”
— Original plain-language translation
The roll-call continues — allied kings of the Pandava cause. These catalogue verses (1.4–1.6, answered by 1.8–1.9) read like the war-drum of the epic: names as morale, on both sides.
— Reader's notes (original)