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Mahabharat

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प्रवीराः सर्वलोकस्य युवानः सिंहविक्रमाः । परिवार्य रथं शौरेरगच्छन्त परंतपाः॥५-९२-२१ ॥

Young champions of wide renown, possessed of lion-like prowess, surrounded Śauri’s chariot and proceeded—men formidable to their foes.

english translation

ततोऽन्ये बहुसाहस्रा विचित्राद्भुतवाससः । असिप्रासायुधधराः कृष्णस्यासन्पुरःसराः॥५-९२-२२ ॥

Then many thousands of others, clad in varied and wondrous garments, bearing swords and spears as their arms, went before as Kṛṣṇa’s vanguard.

english translation

गजाः परःशतास्तत्र वराश्चाश्वाः सहस्रशः । प्रयान्तमन्वयुर्वीरं दाशार्हमपराजितम्॥५-९२-२३ ॥

There, more than a hundred elephants and thousands of excellent horses accompanied the departing hero, the Dāśārha (Kṛṣṇa), held to be unconquered.

english translation

पुरं कुरूणां संवृत्तं द्रष्टुकामं जनार्दनम् । सवृद्धबालं सस्त्रीकं रथ्यागतमरिंदमम्॥५-९२-२४ ॥

The city of the Kurus thronged together, longing to behold Janārdana, the subduer of foes, as he came along the streets—elders, children, and women all gathered.

english translation

वेदिकापाश्रिताभिश्च समाक्रान्तान्यनेकशः । प्रचलन्तीव भारेण योषिद्भिर्भवनान्युत॥५-९२-२५ ॥

And many houses were again and again crowded with women leaning upon platforms and terraces, as though the very buildings swayed beneath the weight.

english translation