in battle, observant of laudable vows, incapable of
being baffled in his purposes, gifted with modesty,
and never vanquished in fight, came upon us, what
heroes (of our army) surrounded him? That warrior
who, having crushed the mighty host of the Sauvira
king, took for his wife the beautiful Bhoja maiden
of symmetrical limbs, that bull among men, viz.,
Yuyudhana, in whom are always truth and firmness and
bravery and Brahmacharya, that warrior gifted with
great might, always practising truth, never cheerless,
never vanquished, who in battle is equal to Vasudeva
and is regarded as his second self, who, through Dhananjaya’s
instructions, hath become foremost in the use of arrows,
and who is equal to Partha himself in weapons, O, what
warrior (of my army) resisted that Satyaki, for keeping
him away from Drona? The foremost hero among
the Vrishnis, exceedingly brave among all bowmen,
equal to Rama himself in (knowledge and the use of)
weapons and in prowess and fame, (know, O Sanjaya,
that) truth and firmness, intelligence and heroism,
and knowledge of Brahma, and high weapons, are all
in him (Satyaki) of the Satwata race, as the three
worlds are in Kesava. What heroes (of my army),
approaching that mighty bowman, Satyaki, possessed
of all those accomplishments and incapable of being
resisted by the very gods, surrounded him? The
foremost among the Panchalas, possessed of heroism,
high-born and the favourite of all high-born heroes,
ever achieving good deeds in battle, viz., Uttamaujas,
that Prince ever engaged in the welfare of Arjuna,
born for only my evil, equal unto Yama, or Vaisaravana,
or Aditya, or Mahendra, or Varuna, that prince regarded
as a mighty car-warrior and prepared to lay down his
life in the thick of battle, O, what heroes (of my
army) surrounded him? Who (amongst my warriors)
opposed Dhrishtaketu, that single warrior amongst
the Chedis who, deserting them, hath embraced the side
of the Pandavas, while he rushed upon Drona?
Who resisted the heroic Ketumat for keeping him away
from Drona, the brave Ketumat who slew prince Durjaya
while the latter had taken shelter in Girivraja?
What heroes (of my army) surrounded Sikhandin, that
tiger among men, who knows the merits and demerits
(in his own person) of manhood and femininity, that
son of Yajnasena, who is always cheerful in battle,
that hero who became the cause of the high-souled
Bhishma’s death in battle, when he rushed towards
Drona? That foremost hero of the Vrishni race,
that chief of all bowmen, that brave warrior in whom
all accomplishments exist in a greater degree than
in Dhananajaya himself, in whom are ever weapons and
truth and Brahmacharya, who is equal to Vasudeva in
energy and Dhananjaya in strength, who in splendour
is equal to Aditya and in intelligence to Vrihaspati,
viz., the high-souled Abhimanyu, resembling Death
himself with wide-open mouth, O what heroes (of my
army) surrounded him when he rushed towards Drona?
That youth of vigorous understanding, that slayer