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विविंशतिश्चित्रसेनो विकर्णश्च महारथः । सत्यव्रतः पुरुमित्रो जयो भूरिश्रवाः शलः॥६-१८-११॥

Viviṃśati, Citrasena, and Vikarṇa the great chariot-warrior were there; and also Satyavrata, Purumitra, Jaya, Bhūriśravā, and Śala in that array.

english translation

रथा विंशतिसाहस्रास्तथैषामनुयायिनः । अभीषाहाः शूरसेनाः शिबयोऽथ वसातयः॥६-१८-१२॥

There were twenty thousand chariots, along with their followers—the Abhīṣāhas, the Śūrasenas, the Śibis, and also the Vasātayas.

english translation

शाल्वा मत्स्यास्तथाम्बष्ठास्त्रिगर्ताः केकयास्तथा । सौवीराः कितवाः प्राच्याः प्रतीच्योदीच्यमालवाः॥६-१८-१३॥

Present were the Śālvas, the Matsyas, and likewise the Ambaṣṭhas; the Trigartas and the Kekayas; the Souvīras, the Kitavas, the Prācyas, and the Mālavas of the western and northern regions.

english translation

द्वादशैते जनपदाः सर्वे शूरास्तनुत्यजः । महता रथवंशेन तेऽभ्यरक्षन्पितामहम्॥६-१८-१४॥

These twelve realms—all heroic and ready to relinquish their bodies—protected the Pitāmaha, supported by a great lineage of chariot forces.

english translation

अनीकं दशसाहस्रं कुञ्जराणां तरस्विनाम् । मागधो येन नृपतिस्तद्रथानीकमन्वयात्॥६-१८-१५॥

A division of ten thousand powerful elephants—under the Magadhan king—followed that chariot division.

english translation