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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । न सन्ति सर्वे पुत्रा मे मूढा दुर्द्यूतदेविनः । येषां युद्धं बलवता भीमेन रणमूर्धनि॥५-५६-२६॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: Not all my sons are deluded, addicted to ruinous gambling—not all are such as to seek a contest with the powerful Bhīma at the forefront of the engagement.
english translation
राजानः पार्थिवाः सर्वे प्रोक्षिताः कालधर्मणा । गाण्डीवाग्निं प्रवेक्ष्यन्ति पतङ्गा इव पावकम्॥५-५६-२७॥
All those kings, driven by the law of Time, will enter the “fire” of Gāṇḍīva like moths rushing into a flame.
english translation
विद्रुतां वाहिनीं मन्ये कृतवैरैर्महात्मभिः । तां रणे केऽनुयास्यन्ति प्रभग्नां पाण्डवैर्युधि॥५-५६-२८॥
I deem the host to be in retreat when it meets those great-souled warriors whose enmity is resolved. Who, in battle, would pursue a force once it has been shattered by the Pāṇḍavas?
english translation
सर्वे ह्यतिरथाः शूराः कीर्तिमन्तः प्रतापिनः । सूर्यपावकयोस्तुल्यास्तेजसा समितिंजयाः॥५-५६-२९॥
For they are all atirathas—elite chariot-warriors—brave, renowned, and mighty, radiant as the sun and fire, and victorious in engagements.
english translation
येषां युधिष्ठिरो नेता गोप्ता च मधुसूदनः । योधौ च पाण्डवौ वीरौ सव्यसाचिवृकोदरौ॥५-५६-३०॥
They have Yudhiṣṭhira as their leader and Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa) as their protector; and as their two foremost combatants, the heroic Pāṇḍavas Savyasācin (Arjuna) and Vṛkodara (Bhīma).
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