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वैशंपायन उवाच । तथोक्ते सहदेवेन वाक्ये वाक्यविशारदः । नकुलोऽनन्तरं तस्मादिदं वचनमाददे॥५-१४९-११॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “When Sahadeva had spoken thus, Nakula—skilled in speech—next took up the following statement.”
english translation
वयसा शास्त्रतो धैर्यात्कुलेनाभिजनेन च । ह्रीमान्कुलान्वितः श्रीमान्सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः॥५-१४९-१२॥
“In age, in learning of the śāstras, in steadfastness, and in lineage and noble birth—he is endowed with modest restraint, upheld by a distinguished family, blessed with prosperity, and expert in every discipline.”
english translation
वेद चास्त्रं भरद्वाजाद्दुर्धर्षः सत्यसंगरः । यो नित्यं स्पर्धते द्रोणं भीष्मं चैव महाबलम्॥५-१४९-१३॥
“He knows the science of weapons from Bharadvāja; he is hard to overpower, steadfast in vowed engagements, and he continually contends with Droṇa and with Bhīṣma of great might.”
english translation
श्लाघ्यः पार्थिवसंघस्य प्रमुखे वाहिनीपतिः । पुत्रपौत्रैः परिवृतः शतशाख इव द्रुमः॥५-१४९-१४॥
At the forefront of the assembly of kings stood a commendable commander of divisions, surrounded by sons and grandsons like a tree with a hundred branches.
english translation
यस्तताप तपो घोरं सदारः पृथिवीपतिः । रोषाद्द्रोणविनाशाय वीरः समितिशोभनः॥५-१४९-१५॥
That ruler of the earth, together with his wife, undertook severe austerities; and, driven by anger, he sought the destruction of Droṇa—he, the hero who lends distinction to assemblies of warriors.
english translation