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बभूवुरतिसंरब्धाः कृतप्रहरणा नराः । तेषां विंशतिसाहस्रा ध्वजाः शूरैरधिष्ठिताः॥५-१९७-१६॥
The men became intensely energized, their weapons made ready; among them, twenty thousand standards were held aloft and manned by valorous warriors.
english translation
पञ्च नागसहस्राणि रथवंशाश्च सर्वशः । पदातयश्च ये शूराः कार्मुकासिगदाधराः । सहस्रशोऽन्वयुः पश्चादग्रतश्च सहस्रशः॥५-१९७-१७॥
Five thousand war-elephants, and the chariot lines in full array, and the infantry—those brave men bearing bows, swords, and maces—followed in their thousands, behind and before, in successive contingents.
english translation
युधिष्ठिरो यत्र सैन्ये स्वयमेव बलार्णवे । तत्र ते पृथिवीपाला भूयिष्ठं पर्यवस्थिताः॥५-१९७-१८॥
Where Yudhiṣṭhira himself stood within that ocean-like host, there the kings—the protectors of the earth—were stationed in the greatest number.
english translation
तत्र नागसहस्राणि हयानामयुतानि च । तथा रथसहस्राणि पदातीनां च भारत । यदाश्रित्याभियुयुधे धार्तराष्ट्रं सुयोधनम्॥५-१९७-१९॥
There were thousands of elephants and tens of thousands of horses, likewise thousands of chariots and infantry, O Bhārata; relying upon these, Suyodhana (Duryodhana), the Dhārtarāṣṭra, undertook the engagement with strategy.
english translation
ततोऽन्ये शतशः पश्चात्सहस्रायुतशो नराः । नदन्तः प्रययुस्तेषामनीकानि सहस्रशः॥५-१९७-२०॥
Then others followed behind—men in hundreds and in tens of thousands—moving onward with loud cries; their divisions advanced in their thousands.
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