Accustomed to enjoy all the comforts and luxuries of
life, when Nakula, recollecting that bed of woe on
which he had slept for a long time in the woods, will
vomit the poison of his wrath like an angry snake,
then will the son of Dhritarashtra repent for this
war. Ready to lay down their very lives, the
(allied) monarchs, O Suta, urged to battle by king
Yudhishthira the just, will furiously advance on their
resplendent cars against the (hostile) army. Beholding
this, the son of Dhritarashtra will certainly have
to repent. When the Kuru prince will behold the
five heroic sons of (Draupadi), tender in years but
not in acts, and all well-versed in arms, rush, reckless
of their lives, against the Kauravas, then will that
son of Dhritarashtra repent for this war. When
bent upon carnage Sahadeva, mounted on his car of noiseless
wheels, and motion incapable of being obstructed,
and set with golden stars, and drawn by well-trained
steeds, will make the heads of monarchs roll on the
field of battle with volleys of arrows,—indeed,
beholding that warrior skilled in weapons, seated
on his car in the midst of that frightful havoc, turning
now to the left and now to the right and falling upon
the foe in all directions, then will the son of Dhritarashtra
repent for this war. Indeed, when the modest
but mighty Sahadeva, skilled in battle, truthful,
conversant with all the ways of morality, and endued
with great activity and impetuousness, will fall upon
the son of Gandhari in fierce encounter and rout all
his followers, then will the son of Dhritarashtra
repent for this war. When he will behold the sons
of Draupadi, those great bowmen, those heroes skilled
in weapons and well-versed in all the ways of chariot-fighting,
dart at the foe like snakes of virulent poison, then
will the son of Dhritarashtra repent for this war.
When that slayer of hostile heroes, Abhimanyu, skilled
in arms like Krishna himself, will overpower the foe
showering upon them, like the very clouds, a thick
downpour of arrows, then will the son of Dhritarashtra
repent for this war. Indeed, when he will behold
that son of Subhadra, a child in years but not in
energy, skilled in weapons and like unto Indra himself,
failing like Death’s self upon the ranks of the
foe, then will the son of Dhritarashtra repent for
this war. When the youthful Prabhadrakas, endued
with great activity, well-versed in battle, and possessed
of the energy of lions will overthrow the sons of
Dhritarashtra with all their troops, then will Duryodhana
repent for this war. When those veteran car-warriors
Virata and Drupada will assail, at the head of their
respective divisions, the sons of Dhritarashtra and
their ranks, then will Duryodhana repent for this
war. When Drupada, skilled in weapons, and seated
on his car, desirous of plucking the heads of youthful
warriors, will wrathfully strike them off with arrows
shot from his bow, then will the son of Dhritarashtra
repent for this war. When that slayer of hostile