Mahabharat

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परायॊ परधानाः पुरुषाः कषॊभयन्त्य अरिवाहिनीम निगृह्यन्ते च युद्धेषु मॊक्ष्यन्ते च सवसैनिकैः ।। ३-२३८-४० ।।

sanskrit

'It often happens that those foremost men, who devastate the enemy's ranks, are themselves defeated by the foe, only to be rescued by their own troops.' ।। 3-238-40 ।।

english translation

parAyò paradhAnAH puruSAH kaSòbhayantya arivAhinIma nigRhyante ca yuddheSu mòkSyante ca savasainikaiH || 3-238-40 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/238/40

परायॊ परधानाः पुरुषाः कषॊभयन्त्य अरिवाहिनीम निगृह्यन्ते च युद्धेषु मॊक्ष्यन्ते च सवसैनिकैः ।। ३-२३८-४० ।।

sanskrit

'It often happens that those foremost men, who devastate the enemy's ranks, are themselves defeated by the foe, only to be rescued by their own troops.' ।। 3-238-40 ।।

english translation

parAyò paradhAnAH puruSAH kaSòbhayantya arivAhinIma nigRhyante ca yuddheSu mòkSyante ca savasainikaiH || 3-238-40 ||

hk transliteration