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सैन्येन महता तेन प्रभूतगजवाजिना । पुरं तद्भुवि विख्यातं नाम्ना भोजकटं नृप॥५-१५५-१६॥
O king, with that vast force—abounding in elephants and horses—he reached the city famed upon the earth by the name Bhojakaṭa.
english translation
स भोजराजः सैन्येन महता परिवारितः । अक्षौहिण्या महावीर्यः पाण्डवान्समुपागमत्॥५-१५५-१७॥
That Bhoja king, of great prowess, surrounded by a mighty force—an akṣauhiṇī—approached the Pāṇḍavas.
english translation
ततः स कवची खड्गी शरी धन्वी तली रथी । ध्वजेनादित्यवर्णेन प्रविवेश महाचमूम्॥५-१५५-१८॥
Then he—armored, sword in hand, furnished with bow and arrows, bearing a shield and mounted on a chariot—entered the great host, with a banner radiant like the sun.
english translation
विदितः पाण्डवेयानां वासुदेवप्रियेप्सया । युधिष्ठिरस्तु तं राजा प्रत्युद्गम्याभ्यपूजयत्॥५-१५५-१९॥
Known to the Pāṇḍavas as one who sought the favor of Vāsudeva, King Yudhiṣṭhira went out to meet him and honored him.
english translation
स पूजितः पाण्डुसुतैर्यथान्यायं सुसत्कृतः । प्रतिपूज्य च तान्सर्वान्विश्रान्तः सहसैनिकः । उवाच मध्ये वीराणां कुन्तीपुत्रं धनंजयम्॥५-१५५-२०॥
Honored by the sons of Pāṇḍu according to custom and graciously received, he in turn honored them all. Having rested together with his troops, he addressed Dhanaṃjaya, Kuntī’s son, in the midst of the assembled warriors.
english translation