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साहमामन्त्र्य गाङ्गेयं समरेष्वनिवर्तिनम् । अनुज्ञाता च तेनैव तवैव गृहमागता॥५-१७२-११॥
Having addressed Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma), who does not withdraw in the stratagems of war, and being granted leave by him, I came to your very household.
english translation
न स भीष्मो महाबाहुर्मामिच्छति विशां पते । भ्रातृहेतोः समारम्भो भीष्मस्येति श्रुतं मया॥५-१७२-१२॥
That mighty-armed Bhīṣma does not desire me, O lord of the people. I have heard that Bhīṣma’s undertaking was for the sake of his brother.
english translation
भगिन्यौ मम ये नीते अम्बिकाम्बालिके नृप । प्रादाद्विचित्रवीर्याय गाङ्गेयो हि यवीयसे॥५-१७२-१३॥
The two sisters of mine who were taken—Ambikā and Ambālikā, O king—Gāṅgeya gave to the younger Vicitravīrya.
english translation
यथा शाल्वपते नान्यं नरं ध्यामि कथंचन । त्वामृते पुरुषव्याघ्र तथा मूर्धानमालभे॥५-१७२-१४॥
O lord of Śālva, just as I do not in any way contemplate any man other than you, O tiger among men, so too I touch my head in solemn affirmation.
english translation
न चान्यपूर्वा राजेन्द्र त्वामहं समुपस्थिता । सत्यं ब्रवीमि शाल्वैतत्सत्येनात्मानमालभे॥५-१७२-१५॥
And I have approached none other before you, O lord of kings. I speak the truth, O Śālva; by truth I bear witness to myself.
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