Dhrtarastra said "Sanjaya, gathered
on the holy land of Kuruksetra, eager to fight, what did my sons and the sons
of Pandu do? ……… (1)
Sanjaya said: at that time, seeing the
army of the Pandavas drawn up for battle and approaching Sornacharya. Kind
Duryodhana spoke the following ……. (2)
Behold, O Revered Master, the mighty
army of the sons of Pandu arrayed for battle by your talented pupil,
Dhrstadyumna, son of Dropads. …….. (3)
There are in this army, heroes wielding
mighty bows and equal in military prowess to Bhima and Arjun - Satyaki and
Virata and the Maharathi (warrior chcief) Drupada: Dhrstaketu, Cekitana and the
valiant kind of Kasi, and Purujit, Kuntibhoja and Saibya, the best of men, and
mighty Yudhamanyu, and valiant Uttamaujs. Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadra and
the five sons of Draupadi - all of them Maharathis (warrior chief). …… (4-6)
O best of Brahmanas, know them also who
are the principal warriors on our side - the generals of my army. For your
information I mention them. …………………(7)
Yourself and Bhisma and Karna and Krpa,
who is ever victorious in battle; and even so Asvatthama. Vikrana and
Bhurisrava (the son of Somadatta) ……… (8)
And there are many other heroes, all skilled
in warfare equipped with various weaponos and missiles, who have staked their
lives for me. ……. (9)
This army of ours, fully protected by
Bhisma, is unconquerable; while that army of theirs, guarded in everyway by
Bhima is easy to conquer. ………….. (10)
Therefore, stationed in your respective
positions on all fornts, do you all guard Bhisma in particular on all sides?
……………….(11)
The grand old man of the Kaurava race,
their glorious grand-patriarch Bhisma, cheering up Duryodhana, roared terribly
like a lion and blew his conch. ………….(12)
Then conches, kettledrums, tabors, drums
and trumpets blared forth all at once all the noise. ………. (13)
Then, seated in a glorious chariot drawn
by white horses, Sri Krishna as well as Arjuna blew their celestial conches.
………………… (14)
Sri Krishna blew His conch named
Pancajanya: Arjuna, Devadatta; while Bhima of ferocious deeds blew his mighty
conch Paundra. ……………….. (15)
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