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भीष्म उवाच । अचलो वृषकश्चैव भ्रातरौ सहितावुभौ । रथौ तव दुराधर्षौ शत्रून्विध्वंसयिष्यतः॥५-१६५-१॥
Bhīṣma said: Acala and Vṛṣaka—two brothers standing together—are your formidable chariot-warriors, hard to overcome; they will crush the enemy hosts.
english translation
बलवन्तौ नरव्याघ्रौ दृढक्रोधौ प्रहारिणौ । गान्धारमुख्यौ तरुणौ दर्शनीयौ महाबलौ॥५-१६५-२॥
They are strong—tigers among men—unyielding in wrath and resolve, deadly in assault; foremost among the Gandhāras, youthful, splendid to behold, and of great might.
english translation
सखा ते दयितो नित्यं य एष रणकर्कशः । प्रोत्साहयति राजंस्त्वां विग्रहे पाण्डवैः सह॥५-१६५-३॥
This one—ever your beloved friend—harsh in battle, ceaselessly urges you, O King, toward enmity and war with the Pāṇḍavas.
english translation
परुषः कत्थनो नीचः कर्णो वैकर्तनस्तव । मन्त्री नेता च बन्धुश्च मानी चात्यन्तमुच्छ्रितः॥५-१६५-४॥
Karna Vaikartana—your minister, commander, and kinsman—is harsh of speech, boastful, and base in conduct; and he is fiercely proud and overbearing.
english translation
एष नैव रथः पूर्णो नाप्येवातिरथो नृप । वियुक्तः कवचेनैष सहजेन विचेतनः । कुण्डलाभ्यां च दिव्याभ्यां वियुक्तः सततं घृणी॥५-१६५-५॥
This man is neither a fully equipped chariot-warrior nor an atiratha, O King. Severed from his innate armor, he is thereby diminished; and he is also bereft of his divine earrings—an object of abiding pity.
english translation