04026001c na tAdRzA vinazyanti nApi yAnti parAbhavam 'vaizaMpAyana said, 'Endued with mighty energy and possessed of great discernment, droNa then said, 'Persons like the sons of pANDu never perish nor undergo discomfiture.
04026002a zUrAz ca kRtavidyAz ca buddhimanto jitendriyAH Brave and skilled in every science, intelligent and with senses under control,
04026002c dharmajJAz ca kRtajJAz ca dharmarAjam anuvratAH virtuous and grateful and obedient to the virtuous yudhiSThira,
04026003a nItidharmArthatattvajJamM pitRvac ca samAhitam ever following in the wake of their eldest brother who is conversant with the conclusions of policy and virtue and profit, who is attached to them as a father,
04026003c dharme sthitaM satyadhRtiJM jyeSThaJM jyeSThApacAyinam and who strictly adhereth to virtue and is firm in truth,
04026004a anuvratA mahAtmAnamM bhrAtaramM bhrAtaro nRpa --persons like them that are thus devoted to their illustrious and royal brother,
04026004c ajAtazatruM hrImantanM taJM ca bhrAtRRn anuvratam who gifted with great intelligence, never injureth any body and who in his turn himself obeyeth his younger brothers, never perish in this way.
