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Thursday, June 2, 2022

Formost of all elephant warriors

Beholding the risen dust and hearing the wail of the troops when Bhagadatta ruler of the mountainous realms (modern Myanmar, on the border of Assam) was performing great feats on the field, the son of Kunti addressed Krishna and said

'O slayer of Madhu, it seems that the ruler of the Pragjyotishas hath, on his elephant, with great impetuosity, advanced to battle. This loud din that we hear must be due to him.

  1. Well-versed in the art of grinding and battling from the back of an elephant, and 
  2. not inferior to Indra himself in battle, 
  3. he, I think, is the formost of all elephant-warriors in the world. 
His elephant, again, 
  1. is the foremost of elephants, 
  2. without a rival to encounter it in battle. 
  3. Possessed of great dexterity and 
  4. above all fatigue, 
  5. it is, again, impervious to all weapons. 
  6. Capable of bearing every weapon and 
  7. even the touch of fire, it will, O sinless one, alone destroy the Pandava force today. 
Except us two, there is none else capable of checking that creature. 

Son

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