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ह्रीनिषेधो निपुणः सत्यवादी महाबलः सर्वधर्मोपपन्नः । गान्धारिमार्च्छंस्तुमुले क्षिप्रकारी क्षेप्ता जनान्सहदेवस्तरस्वी॥५-४७-२६॥
Sahadeva—restrained by modesty, consummately skilled, truthful in speech, mighty in strength, and grounded in every discipline of dharma—when he advances amid the tumult, acting with swift resolve, will rout the opposing hosts.
english translation
यदा द्रष्टा द्रौपदेयान्महेषूञ्शूरान्कृतास्त्रान्रथयुद्धकोविदान् । आशीविषान्घोरविषानिवायतस्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत्॥५-४७-२७॥
When he beholds the sons of Draupadī—great archers, heroic, trained in arms, and masters of chariot-war—advancing like dread serpents laden with deadly venom, then Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son will regret the war.
english translation
यदाभिमन्युः परवीरघाती शरैः परान्मेघ इवाभिवर्षन् । विगाहिता कृष्णसमः कृतास्त्रस्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत्॥५-४७-२८॥
When Abhimanyu—slayer of the enemy’s champions—rains arrows upon his foes like a cloud, plunging into the fray, trained in arms and comparable to Kṛṣṇa in prowess, then Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son will regret the war.
english translation
यदा द्रष्टा बालमबालवीर्यं द्विषच्चमूं मृत्युमिवापतन्तम् । सौभद्रमिन्द्रप्रतिमं कृतास्त्रं तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत्॥५-४७-२९॥
When he beholds Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)—a boy only in years, not in might—trained in arms and Indra-like, plunging upon the hostile host like Death’s own emissary, then Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son will repent of the war.
english translation
प्रभद्रकाः शीघ्रतरा युवानो विशारदाः सिंहसमानवीर्याः । यदा क्षेप्तारो धार्तराष्ट्रान्ससैन्यांस्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत्॥५-४७-३०॥
When the Prabhadrakas—most swift, youthful, highly skilled, and lion-like in valor—begin to rout Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons together with their forces, then Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son will repent of the war.
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