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वैशंपायन उवाच । तथैव राजा कौन्तेयो धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । धृष्टद्युम्नमुखान्वीरांश्चोदयामास भारत॥५-१९७-१॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: In the same manner, King Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Kuntī and devoted to dharma, urged on the heroes headed by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, O Bhārata.
english translation
चेदिकाशिकरूषाणां नेतारं दृढविक्रमम् । सेनापतिममित्रघ्नं धृष्टकेतुमथादिशत्॥५-१९७-२॥
He then appointed Dhṛṣṭaketu—steadfast in valor, a commander who crushes foes—as leader and senāpati of the Cedis, the Kāśis, and the Karūṣas.
english translation
विराटं द्रुपदं चैव युयुधानं शिखण्डिनम् । पाञ्चाल्यौ च महेष्वासौ युधामन्यूत्तमौजसौ॥५-१९७-३॥
Virāṭa and Drupada, as well as Yuyudhāna and Śikhaṇḍin; and the two great Pāñcāla archers, Yudhāmanyu and Uttamaujā.
english translation
ते शूराश्चित्रवर्माणस्तप्तकुण्डलधारिणः । आज्यावसिक्ता ज्वलिता धिष्ण्येष्विव हुताशनाः । अशोभन्त महेष्वासा ग्रहाः प्रज्वलिता इव॥५-१९७-४॥
Those heroes, clad in variegated armor and wearing earrings of fire-heated gold, shone radiant—like fires kindled upon altars and fed with clarified butter; the great archers gleamed like blazing celestial bodies.
english translation
सोऽथ सैन्यं यथायोगं पूजयित्वा नरर्षभः । दिदेश तान्यनीकानि प्रयाणाय महीपतिः॥५-१९७-५॥
Then that best of men, lord of the earth, having honored the army according to rank and duty, directed those divisions to set out.
english translation