ते तत्र शूराः कथयां बभूवुः; कथा विचित्राः पृतनाधिकाराः ॥
अस्त्राणि दिव्यानि रथांश् च नागान्; खड्गान् गदाश् चापि परश्वधांश् च ॥
तेषां कथास् ताः परिकीर्त्यमानाः; पाञ्चालराजस्य सुतस् तदानीम् ॥
शुश्राव कृष्णां च तथा निषण्णां; ते चापि सर्वे ददृशुर् मनुष्याः ॥
te tatra śūrāḥ kathayāṃ babhūvuḥ; kathā vicitrāḥ pṛtanādhikārāḥ ||
astrāṇi divyāni rathāṃś ca nāgān; khaḍgān gadāś cāpi paraśvadhāṃś ca ||
teṣāṃ kathās tāḥ parikīrtyamānāḥ; pāñcālarājasya sutas tadānīm ||
śuśrāva kṛṣṇāṃ ca tathā niṣaṇṇāṃ; te cāpi sarve dadṛśur manuṣyāḥ ||
"Those heroes there told varied tales of martial matters — of divine weapons, chariots, elephants, swords, maces, and axes; those tales of theirs, being recounted, the son of the Panchala king then overheard, and he saw Krishna, so reclining; and all his men saw them too."
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Here the very conversation betrays the kshatriya nature of the supposed brahmins. It is telling that these "brahmins" discourse on divine weapons, chariots, and elephants: what a man speaks of at rest reveals his true nature. What is within cannot be hidden — the heart speaks through the tongue, and a warrior's spirit breaks through in conversation. So the scripture shows how Dhrishtadyumna, from their talk, becomes certain that these are not brahmins but kshatriyas before him; and what is concealed betrays itself.