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वैशंपायन उवाच । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु भीष्मकस्य महात्मनः । हिरण्यलोम्नो नृपतेः साक्षादिन्द्रसखस्य वै॥५-१५५-१॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: At that very time, of the great-souled Bhīṣmaka—Hiraṇyaloman, the king who was, as it were, a direct companion of Indra—
english translation
आहृतीनामधिपतेर्भोजस्यातियशस्विनः । दाक्षिणात्यपतेः पुत्रो दिक्षु रुक्मीति विश्रुतः॥५-१५५-२॥
—of the exceedingly renowned Bhoja, lord of the Āhṛtīs, ruler of the southern realm—there was a son, famed in all directions as Rukmī.
english translation
यः किंपुरुषसिंहस्य गन्धमादनवासिनः । शिष्यः कृत्स्नं धनुर्वेदं चतुष्पादमवाप्तवान्॥५-१५५-३॥
He, a disciple of the lion-like Kiṃpuruṣa who dwelt on Gandhamādana, mastered the entire science of archery in its fourfold divisions.
english translation
यो माहेन्द्रं धनुर्लेभे तुल्यं गाण्डीवतेजसा । शार्ङ्गेण च महाबाहुः संमितं दिव्यमक्षयम्॥५-१५५-४॥
He obtained the Māhendra bow, equal in brilliance to the Gāṇḍīva; and that mighty-armed one possessed a divine, inexhaustible bow comparable to the Śārṅga.
english translation
त्रीण्येवैतानि दिव्यानि धनूंषि दिविचारिणाम् । वारुणं गाण्डिवं तत्र माहेन्द्रं विजयं धनुः॥५-१५५-५॥
These three alone are the divine bows of those who move in the celestial sphere: the Vāruṇa Gāṇḍīva, and the Māhendra bow called Vijaya.
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