अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः ।नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः ॥
anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā madarthe tyaktajīvitāḥ |nānāśastrapraharaṇāḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ ||
- अन्ये · anye
- others
- च · ca
- and
- बहवः · bahavaḥ
- many
- शूराः · śūrāḥ
- heroes
- मदर्थे · madarthe
- for my sake, in my cause
- त्यक्तजीविताः · tyaktajīvitāḥ
- having staked (renounced) their lives
- नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः · nānāśastrapraharaṇāḥ
- armed with diverse weapons
- सर्वे · sarve
- all
- युद्धविशारदाः · yuddhaviśāradāḥ
- skilled in warfare
“And many other heroes who have staked their lives for my sake, armed with many kinds of weapons, all skilled in war.”
— Original plain-language translation
Duryodhana closes his muster with the rank and file — men dying, as he frames it, 'for my sake'. The phrase betrays his worldview: the war is personal, fought for him rather than for a cause.
— Reader's notes (original)