kaashyashcha paramEShwaasaHa shikhaMDIca
mahaarathaHa
dRiShTadyumnO viraaTashcha
saatyakishchaaparaajitaHa ||17||
"The king of Kashi, Shikhandi, Drishtadyumna,
Virata, Satyaki who are all great warriors and the unconquered;"
dRupadO droupadEyaashcha sarvashaHa
pRuthiveepatE
soubhadrashcha mahaabhaahuHu shaMkhaM
dadhmuHu pRuthak pRuthak ||18||
"Drupada, the sons of Draupadi, son of
Subhadra (Abhimanyu) with his mighty arms all blew their respective conches
together - listen of the Lord of Earth."
17 and 19: The king of Kashi, Shikhandi,
Drishtadyumna, Virata, Satyaki, Drupada, sons of Draupadi and Abhimanyu all
blew their conches respectively at the same time. The author enumerates all the
leading warriors on the Pandava side again and their response to Bhishma's call
was in unison. This showed the unity and the spontaneity of the Pandava army
which fought as a team rather than as a group of individuals. And also there is
no mention of what the great warriors of the Kaurava army did. That is not at
all the focus of Sanjaya (or rather the author).
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