Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1, Verse 5

धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान् | पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः ||

dhṛṣṭaketuś cekitānaḥ kāśirājaś ca vīryavān purujit kuntibhojaś ca śaibyaś ca nara-puṅgavaḥ

Dhrishtaketu, Chekitana, and the valiant King of Kashi; Purujit, Kuntibhoja, and Saibya — that great chief among men.

Duryodhana keeps listing the mighty warriors — Dhrishtaketu, Chekitana, the powerful King of Kashi. But notice this carefully: he is not actually making a strategy, he is just imagining the worst. Each name adds one more brick to his mental case for an unavoidable defeat. This is the classic 'excuse-building' pattern — when you fear failure, your mind starts cataloguing every obstacle, not to overcome them, but only to protect your ego. 'I did not lose because I was weak — look at all these huge forces I was up against!' The teaching here is — recognise the moment when you are quietly building a failure narrative, instead of a real plan for success.