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यथाग्निधूमो दिवमेति रुद्ध्वा वर्णान्बिभ्रत्तैजसं तच्छरीरम् । तथा ध्वजो विहितो भौवनेन न चेद्भारो भविता नोत रोधः॥५-५५-११॥
As smoke from fire rises to the sky, bearing colors upon its luminous body, so was the banner fashioned by Bhauvana—without becoming a burden and without causing obstruction.
english translation
श्वेतास्तस्मिन्वातवेगाः सदश्वा दिव्या युक्ताश्चित्ररथेन दत्ताः । शतं यत्तत्पूर्यते नित्यकालं हतं हतं दत्तवरं पुरस्तात्॥५-५५-१२॥
To that chariot were yoked white horses, swift as the wind—celestial steeds given by Citraratha. Their number, a hundred, is continually replenished; when one is lost, it is replaced, in accordance with the boon granted earlier.
english translation
तथा राज्ञो दन्तवर्णा बृहन्तो रथे युक्ता भान्ति तद्वीर्यतुल्याः । ऋश्यप्रख्या भीमसेनस्य वाहा रणे वायोस्तुल्यवेगा बभूवुः॥५-५५-१३॥
Likewise, the king’s great ivory-hued horses, yoked to his chariot, shone with strength equal to his own. Bhīmasena’s mounts, like antelopes, coursed through the battle with speed comparable to the wind.
english translation
कल्माषाङ्गास्तित्तिरिचित्रपृष्ठा भ्रात्रा दत्ताः प्रीयता फल्गुनेन । भ्रातुर्वीरस्य स्वैस्तुरंगैर्विशिष्टा मुदा युक्ताः सहदेवं वहन्ति॥५-५५-१४॥
With dappled limbs and backs patterned like the tittiri bird, those horses—given by a brother and pleasing to Phalguna—were outstanding even among that heroic brother’s own steeds; joyfully harnessed, they bore Sahadeva.
english translation
माद्रीपुत्रं नकुलं त्वाजमीढं महेन्द्रदत्ता हरयो वाजिमुख्याः । समा वायोर्बलवन्तस्तरस्विनो वहन्ति वीरं वृत्रशत्रुं यथेन्द्रम्॥५-५५-१५॥
Nakula, Mādrī’s son and a descendant of Ājamīḍha, was borne by tawny foremost horses bestowed by Mahendra. Powerful and swift, they carried the hero like Indra, the slayer of Vṛtra.
english translation