Bhagavad Gita - Chapter 1 Verse 3

Pashyaitam Panduputhranam Acharya Mahathim Chamum
Vyudam Drupadaputhrena Tava Sishyena Dhimatha.
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Sanjaya continues his reporting of the events of war to Dhritarashtra. He narrates in this verse, what Duryodhana tells his Guru, Dronacharya.

Oh Master, see this mighty army of the sons of Pandu, the Pandavas, arrayed in battle order by your very talented disciple - the son of Drupada - Dhrishtadhyumna.

Duryodhana's words reflect the restlessness of one who perceives defeat. He calls the Pandava army as very big, though it is very small in numbers, compared to his own. He runs up to his master to ask him to see his brilliant disciple Dhrishtadhyumna and refers in superlative terms about how well he has arranged the army.

Fear is the worst enemy in times of a crisis. Despite the presence of his teacher on his side, Duryodhana is afraid of a fellow disciple in the opposite camp. He also calls the Pandavas as Pandu Putra - the sons of Pandu and Dhrishtadhyumna as the son of Drupada. Again, an unsettled mind draws in the anxieties and enemities from the past and fails to be in the present moment.

Duryodhana again reveals here the frailties of a mind that is not rooted to the source, established in the inner self. A mind that is lost in the developments of the world outside is tormented by what it sees, knows no peace and cannot be successful in what it does. The very fears of Duryodhana leads him to the situation he fears - defeat and death.

The law of attraction is that, what you ask for, that you get. Here Duryodhana does not have any control over his fears, and eventually, what he feared materialises. - Swahilya Shambhavi.