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इषवोऽत्र परिस्तोमा मुक्ता गाण्डीवधन्वना । महारथप्रयुक्ताश्च द्रोणद्रौणिप्रचोदिताः॥५-१३९-४१॥
Here, the arrows loosed by the archer of the Gāṇḍīva shall be the paristoma, the encircling chants; and those discharged by great chariot-warriors, urged on by Droṇa and Droṇa’s son, shall likewise become the rite’s recitations.
english translation
प्रातिप्रस्थानिकं कर्म सात्यकिः स करिष्यति । दीक्षितो धार्तराष्ट्रोऽत्र पत्नी चास्य महाचमूः॥५-१३९-४२॥
Here Sātyaki will perform the preliminary departure-rite (prātiprasthānika); the Dhārtarāṣṭra will be the consecrated patron, and his ‘spouse’ in this rite will be the great army.
english translation
घटोत्कचोऽत्र शामित्रं करिष्यति महाबलः । अतिरात्रे महाबाहो वितते यज्ञकर्मणि॥५-१३९-४३॥
Here the mighty Ghaṭotkaca will perform the śāmitra-function—the subduing and quieting act—in the extended rite, an atirātra, when the sacrificial operation is set in motion, O strong-armed one.
english translation
दक्षिणा त्वस्य यज्ञस्य धृष्टद्युम्नः प्रतापवान् । वैताने कर्मणि तते जातो यः कृष्ण पावकात्॥५-१३९-४४॥
The dakṣiṇā, the sacrificial fee of this rite, will be the valiant Dhṛṣṭadyumna—he who was born from fire, O Kṛṣṇa, when the solemn ritual operation was performed.
english translation
यदब्रुवमहं कृष्ण कटुकानि स्म पाण्डवान् । प्रियार्थं धार्तराष्ट्रस्य तेन तप्येऽद्य कर्मणा॥५-१३९-४५॥
Whatever harsh words I spoke, O Kṛṣṇa, to the Pāṇḍavas for the sake of pleasing the Dhārtarāṣṭra—by that conduct I am afflicted today.
english translation