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अपर्याप्तं तदस्माकं बलं भीष्माभिरक्षितम्‌ ।
पर्याप्तं त्विदमेतेषां बलं भीमाभिरक्षितम्‌ ।। १.१० ।।

aparyāptaṃ tadasmākaṃ balaṃ bhīṣmābhirakṣitam ।
aparyāptaṃ tvidasmeteṣāṃ balaṃ bhīmābhirakṣitam ।। 1.10 ।।

     

 Our army shielded by Bheeshma is
unbounded, unlimited. Whereas the army
protected by Bheeshma is limited, insufficient.

Note: The word paryaptam and aparyaptam, literally mean
that despite the much larger number and Bheeshma, Drona
and others commanding it, Duryodhana intrinsically feels
it is ‘insufficient’, not strong enough, to defeat the
opponents. The much lesser army of Yudhistira seems to
him as ‘sufficiently strong’ to put his team to defeat.

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