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TEXT 8

TEXT 8

Texte

Text

bhavān bhīṣmaś ca karṇaś ca
kṛpaś ca samitiṁ-jayaḥ
aśvatthāmā vikarṇaś ca
saumadattis tathaiva ca
bhavān bhīṣmaś ca karṇaś ca
kṛpaś ca samitiṁ-jayaḥ
aśvatthāmā vikarṇaś ca
saumadattis tathaiva ca

Synonyms

Synonyms

bhavān: ta grâce; bhīṣmaḥ: Bhīṣma l’aïeul; ca: aussi; karṇaḥ: Karṇa; ca: et; kṛpaḥ: Kṛpa; ca: et; samitiṁ-jayaḥ: toujours victorieux au combat; aśvatthāmā: Aśvatthāmā; vikarṇaḥ: Vikarṇa; ca: de même que; saumadattiḥ: le fils de Somadatta; tathā: ainsi que; eva: certes; ca: aussi.

bhavān — your good self; bhīṣmaḥ — Grandfather Bhīṣma; ca — also; karṇaḥ — Karṇa; ca — and; kṛpaḥ — Kṛpa; ca — and; samitim-jayaḥ — always victorious in battle; aśvatthāmā — Aśvatthāmā; vikarṇaḥ — Vikarṇa; ca — as well as; saumadattiḥ — the son of Somadatta; tathā — as well as; eva — certainly; ca — also.

Translation

Translation

Il s’agit d’hommes de guerre qui, comme toi, comme Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Kṛpa, Aśvatthāmā, Vikarṇa et Bhūriśravā, le fils de Somadatta, furent toujours victorieux au combat.

There are personalities like you, Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Kṛpa, Aśvatthāmā, Vikarṇa and the son of Somadatta called Bhūriśravā, who are always victorious in battle.

Purport

Purport

Duryodhana nomme ici les plus brillants héros de son armée, ceux qui dans tous leurs combats furent vainqueurs: Vikarṇa, frère de Duryodhana; Aśvatthāmā, fils de Droṇācārya; Saumadatti – qu’on appelle aussi Bhūriśravā – fils du roi des Bāhlīkas; Karṇa, le demi-frère d’Arjuna, né de Kuntī avant son mariage avec le roi Pāṇḍu; et Kṛpācārya, beau-frère de Droṇācārya, qui épousa sa sœur jumelle.

Duryodhana mentions the exceptional heroes in  the battle, all of whom are ever victorious. Vikarṇa is the brother of Duryodhana, Aśvatthāmā is the son of Droṇācārya, and Saumadatti, or Bhūriśravā, is the son of the King of the Bāhlīkas. Karṇa is the half brother of Arjuna, as he was born of Kuntī before her marriage with King Pāṇḍu. Kṛpācārya’s twin sister married Droṇācārya.