Bhagavad Gita · Arjuna Vishada YogaChapter 1, Shloka 3 (1.3)

On the surface this is a description of an army. But every word hides a taunt.

"Tava śiṣyeṇa dhīmatā" — by your intelligent disciple. Duryodhana could simply have said "Dhrishtadyumna has arrayed the army." But he reminds Drona: your own disciple — and an intelligent one at that — is arraying an army against you. Drona's own teaching is now turned against him. In the Sanskrit poetic tradition this kind of remark is called vyangya (irony/sarcasm).

"Drupada-putreṇa" — Drupada's son. Saying "Drupada's son" instead of using his name may also be deliberate. On hearing the name "Drupada", Drona will remember an old enmity. Many teachers see this as Duryodhana's ploy: to awaken old anger in his teacher's mind so that he will fight with full strength.

What lies behind this taunt? Duryodhana perhaps feared that Drona, who loved the Pandavas — Arjuna especially — would not fight wholeheartedly. So he reminds him that the man opposite is the son of the one who insulted him, and stands against him with the skill he himself gave. This is an interpretation, but it fits well with the choice of words in the shloka.

"Mahatīm camūm" — a vast army. The Pandava army (seven akshauhinis) was in fact smaller than the Kaurava army (eleven akshauhinis). Yet Duryodhana calls it "mahati" — vast. Perhaps its arrangement and the strength of its warriors impressed him; or he is seeing it as larger than it is out of anxiety.

"Paśya" — behold. The shloka begins with "behold". Duryodhana wants his teacher to see what he sees — and to see it the way he sees it.