Aśvatthāmā’s Lamentation, Vow of Retaliation, and the Manifestation of the Nārāyaṇāstra (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय १६६)
त्रिगर्तानां च ये शूरा हतशिष्टा महारथा: । तांश्वैव पुरत: सर्वान् पुत्रस्ते समचोदयत्,राजन! त्रिगर्तोंके जो शूरवीर महारथी मरनेसे शेष रह गये थे, उन सबको आपके पुत्रने द्रोणाचार्यके आगे-आगे चलनेकी आज्ञा देते हुए कहा--
trigartānāṁ ca ye śūrā hataśiṣṭā mahārathāḥ | tāṁś caiva purataḥ sarvān putras te samacodayat, rājan |
Sañjaya said: “O King, your son urged on all those heroic Trigarta great chariot-warriors who had survived the slaughter, ordering them to go in the very front.”
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