Mahabharat

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कषत्रियाणां बलं जयेष्ठं यॊद्धव्यं कषत्रबन्धुना शूराणां च नदीनां च परभवा दुर्विदाः किल ॥ १-१२७-११ ॥

sanskrit

'Might is the foremost virtue of a Kshatriya, and even one of inferior birth deserves to be challenged. The lineage of heroes, like the origins of a majestic river, is often unknown.' ॥ 1-127-11 ॥

english translation

kaSatriyANAM balaM jayeSThaM yòddhavyaM kaSatrabandhunA zUrANAM ca nadInAM ca parabhavA durvidAH kila ॥ 1-127-11 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/127/11

कषत्रियाणां बलं जयेष्ठं यॊद्धव्यं कषत्रबन्धुना शूराणां च नदीनां च परभवा दुर्विदाः किल ॥ १-१२७-११ ॥

sanskrit

'Might is the foremost virtue of a Kshatriya, and even one of inferior birth deserves to be challenged. The lineage of heroes, like the origins of a majestic river, is often unknown.' ॥ 1-127-11 ॥

english translation

kaSatriyANAM balaM jayeSThaM yòddhavyaM kaSatrabandhunA zUrANAM ca nadInAM ca parabhavA durvidAH kila ॥ 1-127-11 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript