Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 37: Sañjaya’s Account of Abhimanyu’s Precision Disruption of a Chariot Contingent
ततः कृतज्ञा बलिन: सुहदो जितकाशिन: । त्रास्यमाना भयाद् वीरं परिवद्रुस्तवात्मजम्,महाराज! तदनन्तर अस्त्र-शिक्षामें निपुण, बलवान, हितैषी और विजयशाली योद्धाओंने (रक्षाके लिये) आपके वीर पुत्रको चारों ओरसे घेर लिया; यद्यपि वे अभिमन्युके भयसे बहुत डरते थे
tataḥ kṛtajñā balinaḥ suhṛdo jitakāśinaḥ | trāsyamānā bhayād vīraṃ parivavrus tava ātmajam, mahārāja |
Sanjaya said: Thereafter, those warriors—grateful for past favors, strong, well-disposed friends, and renowned for victory—though shaken with fear, surrounded your heroic son on all sides for his protection, O King, being greatly terrified of Abhimanyu.
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