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Chapter 1
Link:-When Duryodhana by his cleverness could not deceive Drondcdrya, who did not say anything, he had a second thought. This thought is described by Sanjaya in the next verse.[1]
aparyaptam tadasmakam balam' bhismabhiraksitam
paryaptam tvidametesam balam bhunabhiraksitam
Our army is inadequate and is easier to be conquered, as it is protected by Bhisma (a well-wisher of both the armies). But their army marshalled by Bhima, is unconquerable (because Bhima guards it well). 10
Comment:-
Aparyaptadr tadasmakam balam bhismabhiraksitam:-Duryodhana thinks about his army because of unrighteousness and injustice, Duryodhana is afraid that, "Our army though larger than that of the Pandavas, is easier to be conquered, because our army is unwieldy, indisciplined, disunited and faint-hearted, while the army of the Pandavas, is compact, disciplined, united and fearless. The chief protector of our army is Bhisma, who is friendly to both the armies. He, is a great devotee of Krsna He, in his heart has great respect for Yudhisthira and love for Arjuna. Therefore, though outwardly, he is on our side; yet at heart, he is a well-wisher of the Pandavas. He is the field-marshal of our army. Under these circumstances, how can our army gain victory, over the Pandavas?
Paryaptam tvidametesarn bantam bhimabhiraksitam:- But, this army of the Pandavas can be victorious over our army, very easily because all the warriors of their army are unitcd, without having any difference of opinions. The protector of their army, is Bhisma who is brave and who has always defeated me, since childhood. He has taken a pledge to kill all the hundred brothers including me, he is bent on destroying us. His body is as strong and hard as an adamant. I poisoned him but it did not kill him. Having such a protector as Bhima, the army of the Pandavas is certainly capable of gaining victory over our army.
Here, a doubt may arise that Duryodhana named Bhisma, who was their field-marshal in defence of their army, but he named Bhima, who was not a field-marshal in defence of the army of the Pandavas. The answer is, that at that time Duryodhana was not thinking about the field-marshals, but about the strength of the two armies. Duryodhana, was very much influenced by Bhima's power, so he named Bhima, as the protector of the army of the Pandavas.
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