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Chapter 1
Purujitkuntibhojasca:-Though both Purujit and Kuntibhoja, being Kunti s brothers, are maternal uncles to us and the Pandavas, yet being partial, they arc arrayed to fight against us.
[Pumjit and Kuntibhoja—both were killed at the hands of Dronacarya.]
Saibyasca narapungavah:-Saibya is the father-in-law to Yudhisthira. He is noble and very powerful. He is also our relative, but he is on the side of the Pandavas.
Yudhamanyusca vikranta uttamaujasca viryavan:-Yudhamanyu and Uttamauja, who are very strong and valiant warriors of Pancala country, have been assigned the task of protecting the wheels of my enemy Arjuna's chariot. So keep an eye on them.
[Yudhamanyu and Qattamauja, were slain in their sleep, by Asvatthama.]
Saubhadrah:-He is Abhimanyu, the son to Krsna's sister named Subhadra. He is very brave. He learnt the art of piercing an array of soldiers, standing in the form of a circle, while he was in his mother's womb. So beware of him.
[Abhimanyu was killed by Duhsasana's son, when he unjustly hit him, with a mace on the head.]
Draupadeyasca:-Draupadi, gave birth to five sons named Prativindhya, Sutasoma, Smtakarma, Satanika and ruLasena respectively, from Yudhisthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva. Watch her five sons, carefully. She openly insulted me in the assembly. So avenge that insult, by killing her five sons.
[Asvatthatna killed the five sons, while they were asleep at night.]
Sarva eva maharathah:-All of them are great chariot-warriors. They are well-versed in the scripture and in the use of arms (A great chariot-warrior is, one who can manage ten thousand archers). There is a large number of such great chariot-warriors, in the army of the Pandavas.
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