• bhīmaḥ duryodhanaḥ karṇaḥ — Bhīma, Duryodhana, and Karṇa
  Three of the great Mahābhārata figures listed together. The same Bhīma who is Yudhiṣṭhira's brother is here just one more failed suitor — a quiet reminder that earthly heroism does not by itself reach the Lord's bride. Even Pāṇḍava-vīra was insufficient for this svayaṁvara.
• sajyam kṛtvā — having strung (the bow)
  Sajyam (strung) + kṛtvā (having done). Same compound as verse 22, but this time successful. The narrative climbs a step: more competent suitors, still insufficient.
• māgadha — the King of Magadha (Jarāsandha)
  From Magadha (the kingdom). Jarāsandha — Kṛṣṇa's perennial opponent in Canto 10, finally killed by Bhīma in the Sabhā-parva at Kṛṣṇa's direction. His failure here is doctrinally significant: the same enemy of the Lord who would later be slain through Bhīma cannot find the bride's location.
• cedi - pāḥ — the King of Cedi (Śiśupāla)
  Cedi (kingdom) + pā (protector). Śiśupāla — Rukmiṇī's intended suitor (verse 8), Kṛṣṇa's repeated insulter, ultimately killed by Kṛṣṇa's cakra at Yudhiṣṭhira's rājasūya. Two of the three Vaikuṇṭha-gatekeepers' final birth. He cannot find the target here either.
• na avidan — they did not find
  Na (not) + avidan (found). The verb is the same root as veda — knowledge. They did not find / they did not know. The verse is technically about archery and theologically about jñāna: even the strong cannot find the Lord's hidden target without His grace.

• Padaseva Pr SB 10-83-23 Oriya
  His Grace Padaseva Prabhu· Oriya

• Where am I strong but imprecise?
• What practice would add the precision my strength lacks?

A small elite — Jarāsandha, Śiśupāla, Bhīma, Duryodhana, Karṇa, the King of Ambaṣṭha — could at least string the bow. The bow opened to them; the fish did not. The verse is a roll-call of names that will all stand opposite Kṛṣṇa on the Kurukṣetra battlefield or earlier; even their partial competence at the bow could not buy them the bride. Competence stops at the doorstep of the actual target.