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सोऽहमेकरथेनैव गतः काशिपतेः पुरीम् । अपश्यं ता महाबाहो तिस्रः कन्याः स्वलंकृताः । राज्ञश्चैव समावृत्तान्पार्थिवान्पृथिवीपते॥५-१७०-११॥
I, alone in a single chariot, went to the city of the lord of Kāśī. There, O mighty-armed one, I saw those three maidens adorned in splendor, and also the kings—the rulers of the earth—assembled there.
english translation
ततोऽहं तान्नृपान्सर्वानाहूय समरे स्थितान् । रथमारोपयां चक्रे कन्यास्ता भरतर्षभ॥५-१७०-१२॥
Then I summoned all those kings who stood ready for the contest, and I caused those maidens to mount my chariot, O bull among the Bharatas.
english translation
वीर्यशुल्काश्च ता ज्ञात्वा समारोप्य रथं तदा । अवोचं पार्थिवान्सर्वानहं तत्र समागतान् । भीष्मः शांतनवः कन्या हरतीति पुनः पुनः॥५-१७०-१३॥
Knowing that those maidens were to be won by prowess, and having placed them upon the chariot, I repeatedly addressed all the assembled rulers there: “Bhīṣma, son of Śāntanu, is taking the maidens.”
english translation
ते यतध्वं परं शक्त्या सर्वे मोक्षाय पार्थिवाः । प्रसह्य हि नयाम्येष मिषतां वो नराधिपाः॥५-१७०-१४॥
Exert yourselves to the utmost, all you kings, for your deliverance. For before your very eyes, O rulers of men, I am taking them away by force.
english translation
ततस्ते पृथिवीपालाः समुत्पेतुरुदायुधाः । योगो योग इति क्रुद्धाः सारथींश्चाप्यचोदयन्॥५-१७०-१५॥
Then those rulers of the earth sprang up with weapons readied. Angered, they cried, “To arms, to arms!” and urged on their charioteers as well.
english translation