Bhagavad Gita 1.6: meaning and translation
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Duryodhana: Also there are the bold Yudhamanyu and the brave Uttamaujas (two Panchala warriors), the son of Subhadra (Abhimanyu, Arjuna's son), and the five sons of Draupadi.
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Bhagavad Gita 1.6
युधामन्युश्च विक्रान्त उत्तमौजाश्च वीर्यवान् ।सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्व एव महारथाः ॥
Yudhamanyushcha vikranta uttamaujashcha viryavanSaubhadro draupadeyashcha sarva eva maharathah
yudhāmanyuśca vikrānta uttamaujāśca vīryavān |saubhadro draupadeyāśca sarva eva mahārathāḥ ||
Our explanation Also there are the bold Yudhamanyu and the brave Uttamaujas (two Panchala warriors), the son of Subhadra (Abhimanyu, Arjuna's son), and the five sons of Draupadi. All of them are great chariot-warriors.
हिंदी अर्थ वहाँ पराक्रमी युधामन्यु और वीर उत्तमौजा (पांचाल देश के दो योद्धा), सुभद्रा के पुत्र अभिमन्यु (अर्जुन के पुत्र) और द्रौपदी के पाँचों पुत्र भी हैं। ये सब महारथी हैं।
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- युधामन्युः yudhāmanyuḥ · Yudhamanyu (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yudhā-manyu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 855, col. 1 “N. of a warrior on the side of the Pāṇḍavas”
- च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
- विक्रान्तः vikrāntaḥ · bold (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: vi-krānta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 955, col. 3 “courageous, bold, strong, mighty, victorious”
- उत्तमौजाः uttamaujāḥ · Uttamaujas (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: uttama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 177, col. 3 “best, excellent”; ojas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 235, col. 2 “bodily strength, vigour, energy, ability, power”
- 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”
- सौभद्रः saubhadraḥ · the son of Subhadra (Abhimanyu) (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: saubhadra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1253, col. 3 “metron. of Abhimanyu”
- द्रौपदेयाः draupadeyāḥ · the sons of Draupadi (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: draupadeya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 503, col. 2 “metron. of the 5 sons of Draupadī”
- च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
- सर्वे sarve · all (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”
- एव eva · indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
- महारथाः mahārathāḥ · great chariot-warriors (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: mahā-ratha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 799, col. 2 “a gr° warrior”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 37.
the heroic Yudhâmanyu, the valiant Uttamaugas, the son of Subhadrâ, and the sons of Draupadî—all masters of great cars.
This sentence begins in 1.4.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 37.
the heroic Yudhâmanyu, the valiant Uttamaugas, the son of Subhadrâ, and the sons of Draupadî—all masters of great cars.
This sentence begins in 1.4.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 14.
Yudhâmanyu the strong, and Uttomauja the brave; Saubhadra and the Draupadeyas,1 all of great cars.
This sentence begins in 1.4.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - The son of Subhadrâ, Krishna's sister, and Arjuna, and the sons of Drupadî by the five sons of Pându. ↩
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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 1.6.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 14. Bhagavad Gita 1.6.
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 1.6
युधामन्युश्च विक्रान्त उत्तमौजाश्च वीर्यवान् ।
सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्व एव महारथाः ॥
“the heroic Yudhâmanyu, the valiant Uttamaugas, the son of Subhadrâ, and the sons of Draupadî—all masters of great cars.”
(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.
“Yudhâmanyu the strong, and Uttomauja the brave; Saubhadra and the Draupadeyas, all of great cars.”
(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.
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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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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- October 25, 2026