Speaker: Sañjaya
भवान्भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च कृपश्च समितिञ्जयः ।
अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च सौमदत्तिस्तथैव च ॥८॥
bhavān bhīṣmaś ca karṇaś ca
kṛpaś ca samitiṁ-jayaḥ
aśvatthāmā vikarṇaś ca
saumadattis tathaiva ca
Word for word (synonyms)
- bhavān
- yourself
- bhīṣmaḥ
- Grandfather Bhīṣma
- ca
- also
- karṇaḥ
- Karṇa
- ca
- and
- kṛpaḥ
- Kṛpa
- ca
- and
- samitiñjayaḥ
- always victorious in battle
- aśvatthāmā
- Aśvatthāmā
- vikarṇaḥ
- Vikarṇa
- ca
- as well as
- saumadattiḥ
- the son of Somadatta
- tathā
- and as
- eva
- certainly
- ca
- and
Translation
There are personalities like yourself, Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Kṛpa, Aśvatthāmā, Vikarṇa and the son of Somadatta called Bhuriśravā, who are always victorious in battle.
Purport
Duryodhana mentioned the exceptional heroes in the battle, all of whom are ever-victorious. Vikarṇa is the brother of Duryodhana, Aśvatthāmā is the son of Droṇācārya, and Saumadatti, or Bhūriśravā, is the son of the King of the Bāhlīkas. Karṇa is the half brother of Arjuna, as he was born of Kuntī before her marriage with King Pāṇḍu. Kṛpācārya married the twin sister of Droṇācārya.
What this verse teaches
Duryodhana’s army
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 1
- Bhagavad-gītā 1.8–10 1973-07-12
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.