for his abode; that foremost of warriors who subjugated
all the kings of the earth—with that Vijaya
(as their ally) the Pandavas will encounter you in
battle. That wonderful warrior Nakula, who vanquished
the whole of the western world teeming with Mlechchas,
is present in the Pandava camp. With that handsome
hero, that unrivalled bowman, that son of Madri, O
Kauravya, the Pandavas will fight against you.
He who vanquished in battle the warriors of Kasi,
Anga, and Kalinga,—with that Sahadeva will
the Pandavas encounter you in battle. He, who
in energy hath for his equals only four men on earth,
viz., Aswatthaman and Dhrishtaketu and Rukmi
and Pradyumna,—with that Sahadeva, youngest
in years, that hero among men, that gladdener of Madri’s
heart, with him, O King, will you have a destructive
battle. She, who, while living of yore as the
daughter of the king of Kasi, had practised the austerest
penances; she, who, O bull of the Bharata race, desiring
even in a subsequent life to compass the destruction
of Bhishma, took her birth as the daughter of Panchala,
and accidentally became afterwards a male; who, O
tiger among men, is conversant with the merits and
demerits of both sexes; that invincible prince of
the Panchala who encountered the Kalingas in battle,
with what Sikhandin skilled in every weapon, will the
Pandavas fight against you. She whom a Yaksha
for Bhishma’s destruction metamorphosed into
a male, with that formidable bowman will the Pandavas
fight against you. With those mighty bowmen, all,
brothers those five Kekaya princes, with those heroes
clad in mail will the Pandavas fight against you.
With that warrior of long arms: endued with great
activity in the use of weapons, possessed of intelligence
and prowess incapable of being baffled, with that
Yuyudhana, the lion of the Vrishni race, will you
have to fight. He, who had been the refuge of
the high-souled Pandavas for a time, with that Virata,
will ye have an encounter in battle. The lord
of Kasi, that mighty car-warrior who ruleth in Varanasi
hath become an ally of theirs; with him the Pandavas
will fight against you. The high-souled sons
of Draupadi, tender in years but invincible in battle,
and unapproachable like snakes of virulent poison,
with them, will the Pandavas fight against you.
He, that in energy is like unto Krishna and in self-restraint
unto Yudhishthira, with that Abhimanyu, will the Pandavas
fight against you. That war-like son of Sisupala,
Dhrishtaketu of great fame, who in energy is beyond
comparison and who when angry is incapable of being
withstood in battle, with that king of the Chedis
who has joined the Pandavas at the head of an Akshauhini
of his own, will the sons of Pandu fight against you.
He that is the refuge of the Pandavas, even as Vasava
is of the celestials, with that Vasudeva, the Pandavas
will fight against you. He also, O bull of Bharata
race, Sarabha the brother of the king of the Chedis,
who again is united with Karakarsa, with both these,