Paschaitaam Panduputrena aachaarya mahateeM
chamoom
yooDaam drupada putrENa tava shishyEna
dheemataa ||3||
"Look
at the mighty army of the Pandavas which has been organized by your able pupil
the son of Drupada"
Drishtadyumna - the son of Drupada
was the Commander-in-chief (CIC) of the mighty Pandavas army. Drupada and Drona
were childhood friends when they were at the gurukul of Sage Bharadwaj. Drupada
had promised him half his kingdom once he occupies the throne. Later when Drona
turns up and asks for half the kingdom Drupada humiliates him and throws him
away. Drona temporarily retreats but did
not forget the humiliation. Drona trains Pandavas and with the help of them
defeats Drupada, holds him as prisoner, takes away half the kingdom and humiliates
him before he releases him. Drupada performs Putrakaameshti Yagna and gets
Drishtadyumna as his son who was destined to kill Dronacharya. Though
Drishtadyumna was destined to kill Drona, he did not turn him away when he came
to his gurukul to learn from him as he thought it was his duty to teach anybody
who came to his doors to learn. Duryodhana tries to freshen up the old wounds
when he reiterates that the CIC of Pandavas army is Drupada's son. He probably wanted to say that Drona was not just
fighting for Duryodhana but was fighting his personal war too. He also reminds
that he should not be generous again in this war against his enemies who were
his pupils.
{* The words Aneekam and Chamoom
have been used for describing the army of Pandavas. The composition of the
armies is described as in the table below:
|
Name for Army Stages
|
Charriots
|
Elephants
|
Soldiers
|
Horses
|
|
Patti
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
|
Senamukha
|
3
|
3
|
15
|
9
|
|
Gulma
|
9
|
9
|
45
|
27
|
|
Gana
|
27
|
27
|
135
|
81
|
|
Vahini
|
81
|
81
|
405
|
261
|
|
Prutana
|
261
|
261
|
1215
|
783
|
|
Chamoo
|
783
|
783
|
3645
|
2349
|
|
Aneekini
|
2349
|
2349
|
10935
|
70470
|
|
Akshouhini
|
23490
|
23490
|
109350
|
704700
|
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