Bhagavad Gita 1.6 · Sanjaya
Even the young ones frighten him
युधामन्युश्च विक्रान्त उत्तमौजाश्च वीर्यवान्।
सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्व एव महारथाः॥
yudhāmanyuśca vikrānta uttamaujāśca vīryavānsaubhadro draupadeyāśca sarva eva mahārathāḥ
Bold Yudhamanyu, valiant Uttamaujas, the son of Subhadra, and the sons of Draupadi. All of them are great chariot-warriors.
What it means
Duryodhana ends his list with the young. Abhimanyu, Arjuna's son by Subhadra, and the five sons of Draupadi. Some are barely more than boys. Yet he calls every one of them a great warrior. When fear takes hold, it sees giants even in the next generation.
The story
The epic says Abhimanyu learned to break into a spiral battle formation while still in his mother's womb, listening as Arjuna described it. Now he is about sixteen. He stands beside his cousins, the youngest on the field, and among the most admired.
In your life
Picture a manager whose new hire, fresh out of college, solves in a week what took her years. Envy flickers. Try something braver. Tell him, you're good at this. Then ask him to show you how he did it.
The next generation is not the enemy.