01179001a yadA nivRttA rAjAno dhanuSasH sajyakarmaNi 'When all the monarchs had desisted from stringing that bow,
01179001c athodatiSThad viprANAmM madhyAj jiSNur udAradhIH the high-souled jiSNu arose from among the crowd of brAhmaNas seated in that assembly.
01179002a udakrozan vipramukhyA vidhunvanto 'jinAni ca
01179002c dRSTvA samMprasthitamM pArtham indraketusamaprabham And beholding pArtha possessing the complexion of indra's banner, advancing towards the bow, the principal brAhmaNas shaking their deer-skins raised a loud clamour.
01179003a ke cid Asan vimanasaH ke cid Asan mudA yutAH And while some were displeased, there were others that were well-pleased.
01179003c AhuH parasparaM ke cin nipuNA buddhijIvinaH And some there were, possessed of intelligence and foresight, who addressing one another said,
01179004c nAnatamM balavadbhir hi dhanurvedaparAyaNaiH 'Ye brAhmaNas, how can a brAhmaNa stripling unpractised in arms and weak in strength, string that bow which such celebrated kSatriyas as zalya and others endued with might and accomplished in the science and practice of arms could not?
01179005a tat kathanM tv akRtAstreNa prANato durbalIyasA
01179005c baTumAtreNa zakyaM hi sajyaGM kartunM dhanur dvijAH
01179006c karmaNy asminn asaMsiddhe cApalAd aparIkSite If he doth not achieve success in this untried task which he hath undertaken from a spirit of boyish unsteadiness, the entire body of brAhmaNas here will be rendered ridiculous in the eyes of the assembled monarchs.
