Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 4

अर्जुन उवाच । कथं भीष्ममहं सङ्ख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन । इषुभिः प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन

arjuna uvāca | kathaṃ bhīṣmamahaṃ saṅkhye droṇaṃ ca madhusūdana | iṣubhiḥ pratiyotsyāmi pūjārhāvarisūdana

Translation

O Madhusūdana, how shall I assail in battle with arrows Bhīṣma and Droṇa, who are worthy of worship, O slayer of enemies?

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

katham

how

bhīṣmam

Bhīṣma

aham

I

saṅkhye

in battle

droṇam

Droṇa

ca

and

madhusūdana

O Madhusūdana

iṣubhiḥ

with arrows

pratiyotsyāmi

shall (I) attack

pūjārhau

of worship, the deserving (two)

arisūdana

of enemies, O slayer