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जनमेजय उवाच । युधिष्ठिरं सहानीकमुपयान्तं युयुत्सया । संनिविष्टं कुरुक्षेत्रे वासुदेवेन पालितम्॥५-१५०-१॥
Janamejaya said: “Yudhiṣṭhira, advancing with his forces with the will to engage in battle, had encamped on Kurukṣetra under the protection of Vāsudeva.”
english translation
विराटद्रुपदाभ्यां च सपुत्राभ्यां समन्वितम् । केकयैर्वृष्णिभिश्चैव पार्थिवैः शतशो वृतम्॥५-१५०-२॥
He was accompanied by Virāṭa and Drupada together with their sons, and was surrounded by the Kekayas, the Vṛṣṇis, and hundreds of other rulers.
english translation
महेन्द्रमिव चादित्यैरभिगुप्तं महारथैः । श्रुत्वा दुर्योधनो राजा किं कार्यं प्रत्यपद्यत॥५-१५०-३॥
Hearing that he was guarded by great chariot-warriors, like Mahendra protected by the Ādityas, King Duryodhana considered what course of action to adopt.
english translation
एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं विस्तरेण तपोधन । संभ्रमे तुमुले तस्मिन्यदासीत्कुरुजाङ्गले॥५-१५०-४॥
“This I wish to hear in detail, O tapodhana, rich in austerity: what occurred amid that intense commotion in the land of the Kurus.”
english translation
व्यथयेयुर्हि देवानां सेनामपि समागमे । पाण्डवा वासुदेवश्च विराटद्रुपदौ तथा॥५-१५०-५॥
For, in an encounter, the Pāṇḍavas—together with Vāsudeva, and also Virāṭa and Drupada—could unsettle even the armies of the gods.
english translation