Chapter1 Verse - 3

 

Verse - 3

पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम् ।
व्यूढां द्रुपदपुत्रेण तव शिष्येण धीमता ।। 3।।

Transliteration:

pashyaitAm pAnduputrAnAm mahatIm camUm .

vyUDhAm drupadaputrena tava shiShyena dhimatA ..3..

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Word by word meaning:

पश्य– look , एतां - at this , पाण्डु-पुत्राणाम् – of Sons of Pandu, आचार्य – O Teacher  महतीं -Great चमूम्- army व्यूढां – the array द्रुपद-पुत्रेण – by the son of Drupada , तव शिष्येण – your disciple धीमता – formed

Meaning:

BG 1.3: O Teacher, look at this great army of the Pandavas ,  Which is formed (and lead ) by the Son of Drupada

Significance :

                           Dronacarya is a person of equanimity. He is an excellent Guru and a dedicated person. Duryodhana sensed this , he wanted to disturb this state of Dronacarya ,he thought Dronacarya may turn in favour of the Pandava army, as Arjuna is the favourite student of Dronacarya.

                       In this verse , Duryodhana On nearing his Teacher, Duryodhana expresses his fear for the opposite army. He uses the word “ mahatIm “ to describe the army of the Pandavas which is actually smaller that his ! His intention of uttering these words - can be, to give the feel of guilt to Dronacarya or to put the blame of Dronacarya or to motivate Dronacarya. But what resulted is his fear got exposed. He conveyed that , being their Kula guru, he should have given him and his brothers special treatment but it did not happen. He expressed his displeasure for Dronacarya, he always thought, Dronacharya imparted special knowledge to his best student Arjuna, who is now in the opposition.

                             Next, he talks of the son of king Drupada, Dhrishtadyumna. Dronacarya and Drupada were childhood friends, due to some misunderstanding they became enemies. Drupada performed a yagna wishing for a child who would kill Drona. Dhrishtadyumna was born out of the fire as the person who would kill Dronacarya. As time passed, Drupada requested Dronacarya to accept Dhrishtadyumna as his disciple. How could one accept the person , who is born to kill him as their disciple and teach his skills. But being a person of equanimity, Dronacarya accepted him as his disciple, imparted knowledge as all his disciples. Duryodhana now mentions his name along with the word ‘तव शिष्येण ‘ to remind that, only because of this act of Dronacarya, now the Pandavas army is more mightier than theirs!