Bhagavad Gita 1.5: meaning and translation
Chapter 1: Arjuna Vishada Yoga. Duryodhana says
Duryodhana: The list goes on: Dhrishtaketu (king of the Chedis), Chekitana (a Yadava warrior), the brave king of Kashi, Purujit and Kuntibhoja (of the family that raised Kunti, the Pandavas' mother), and Shaibya (king of the Shibis), the best of men.
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Bhagavad Gita 1.5
धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान् ।पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः ॥
Dhrishtaketushchekitanah kashirajashcha viryavanPurujitkuntibhojashcha shaibyashcha narapungavah
dhṛṣṭaketuścekitānaḥ kāśirājaśca vīryavān |purujitkuntibhojaśca śaibyaśca narapuṅgavaḥ ||
Our explanation The list goes on: Dhrishtaketu (king of the Chedis), Chekitana (a Yadava warrior), the brave king of Kashi, Purujit and Kuntibhoja (of the family that raised Kunti, the Pandavas' mother), and Shaibya (king of the Shibis), the best of men.
हिंदी अर्थ सूची आगे चलती है: धृष्टकेतु (चेदि देश के राजा), चेकितान (यादव वीर), काशी के पराक्रमी राजा, पुरुजित और कुन्तिभोज (उस परिवार के, जिसने पाण्डवों की माता कुन्ती को पाला था), और नरश्रेष्ठ शैब्य (शिबि देश के राजा)।
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- धृष्टकेतुः dhṛṣṭaketuḥ · Dhrishtaketu (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: dhṛṣṭa-ketu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 520, col. 1 “N. of a king of Cedi”
- चेकितानः cekitānaḥ · Chekitana (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: cekitāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 397, col. 3 “N. of a prince (ally of the Pāṇḍus)”
- काशिराजः kāśirājaḥ · the king of Kashi (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: kāśī-rāja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 280, col. 3 “a sovereign of Benares”
- च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
- वीर्यवान् vīryavān · valiant (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: vīrya-vat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1006, col. 3 “possessing vigour or might, strong, powerful”
- पुरुजित् purujit · Purujit (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: puru-jit, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 636, col. 2 “‘conquering many,’ N. of a hero on the side of the Pāṇḍus and brother of Kunti-bhoja”
- कुन्तिभोजः kuntibhojaḥ · Kuntibhoja (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: kunti-bhoja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 291, col. 1 “N. of a Yādava prince”
- च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
- शैब्यः śaibyaḥ · Shaibya (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: śaibya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1089, col. 3 “a descendant of Śibi or a king of the Śibis”
- च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
- नरपुङ्गवः narapuṅgavaḥ · best of men (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: nara-puṃgava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 529, col. 1 “‘m°-bull,’ an excellent hero”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 37.
and Dhrishtaketu, Kekitâna, and the valiant king of Kâsî, Purugit and Kuntibhoga, and that eminent man Saibya;
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 37.
and Dhrishtaketu, Kekitâna, and the valiant king of Kâsî, Purugit and Kuntibhoga, and that eminent man Saibya;
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 14.
Drishtaketu, Chekitâna and the Râjâ of Kâshî, the valiant; Purujit and Khuntibhoja, and Shaivya, bulls1 among men;
This sentence begins in 1.4. This sentence goes on in 1.6.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - The bull, as the emblem of manly strength and vigour, is often used an epithet of honour. ↩
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain.
Swarupananda renders verses 4–6 together; see 1.4. Read it at 1.4
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 37. Bhagavad Gita 1.5.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 14. Bhagavad Gita 1.5.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 4. Bhagavad Gita 1.4–6.
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Bhagavad Gita 1.5
धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान् ।
पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः ॥
“and Dhrishtaketu, Kekitâna, and the valiant king of Kâsî, Purugit and Kuntibhoga, and that eminent man Saibya;”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 37, public domain)
This sentence begins in 1.4. This sentence goes on in 1.6.
“Drishtaketu, Chekitâna and the Râjâ of Kâshî, the valiant; Purujit and Khuntibhoja, and Shaivya, bulls among men;”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 14, public domain)
This sentence begins in 1.4. This sentence goes on in 1.6.
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. Source and changes
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- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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