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स स्म नित्यं निशापाये प्रातरुत्थाय वीर्यवान् । ब्राह्मणान्क्षत्रियांश्चैव पृच्छन्नास्ते महारथः॥५-९४-६॥
That powerful great chariot-warrior would regularly rise at dawn and, after the night had passed, sit while questioning both brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas.
english translation
अस्ति कश्चिद्विशिष्टो वा मद्विधो वा भवेद्युधि । शूद्रो वैश्यः क्षत्रियो वा ब्राह्मणो वापि शस्त्रभृत्॥५-९४-७॥
“Is there anyone distinguished—someone equal to me—in combat: whether a śūdra, vaiśya, kṣatriya, or even a brāhmaṇa who bears weapons?”
english translation
इति ब्रुवन्नन्वचरत्स राजा पृथिवीमिमाम् । दर्पेण महता मत्तः कंचिदन्यमचिन्तयन्॥५-९४-८॥
Speaking thus, the king ranged over this earth, intoxicated with great arrogance, giving thought to no one else.
english translation
तं स्म वैद्या अकृपणा ब्राह्मणाः सर्वतोऽभयाः । प्रत्यषेधन्त राजानं श्लाघमानं पुनः पुनः॥५-९४-९॥
Then learned, unsparing brāhmaṇas—secure from fear on all sides—repeatedly restrained the king as he kept boasting again and again.
english translation
प्रतिषिध्यमानोऽप्यसकृत्पृच्छत्येव स वै द्विजान् । अभिमानी श्रिया मत्तस्तमूचुर्ब्राह्मणास्तदा॥५-९४-१०॥
Though being restrained, he repeatedly questioned the twice-born; conceited and intoxicated by prosperity, he was then addressed by the brāhmaṇas.
english translation