The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbahavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
Pashyai tam panduputranam acharya mahatim chamoom I
Chapter 1 - Sloka 3
Vyudham drupada putrena tava sishyena dhimathi II
Behold, O master, this mighty army of the sons of Pandu, marshalled by the sons of Drupada, your talented disciple.
Duryodhana flings words of insolence at his preceptor even as a scorpion would sting his saviour. The perturbed prince means to say that his master has made a silly mistake in having chosen to teach archery to the sons of Pandu and that of Drupada.They have now arrayed themselves, determined to fight and vanquish none other than their own master. But for Drona's blunder this mishap might not have come about. This is how Duryodhana laments over the unexpected development.
The army mobilised by the Pandavas seems in the eyes of Duryodhana, larger than what it actually is due to his being disturbed over the coming catastrophe. This did not augur well for him.
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