अचलो वृषकश् चैव कर्णश् च रथिनां वरः ॥
ऋतः शल्यो मद्रराजो बाह्लिकश् च महारथः ॥
सोमदत्तो ऽथ कौरव्यो भूरिर् भूरिश्रवाः शलः ॥
अश्वत्थामा कृपो द्रोणः सैन्धवश् च जयद्रथः ॥
यज्ञसेनः सपुत्रश् च शाल्वश् च वसुधाधिपः ॥
प्राग्ज्योतिषश् च नृपतिर् भगदत्तो महायशाः ॥
acalo vṛṣakaś caiva karṇaś ca rathināṃ varaḥ ||
ṛtaḥ śalyo madrarājo bāhlikaś ca mahārathaḥ ||
somadatto 'tha kauravyo bhūrir bhūriśravāḥ śalaḥ ||
aśvatthāmā kṛpo droṇaḥ saindhavaś ca jayadrathaḥ ||
yajñasenaḥ saputraś ca śālvaś ca vasudhādhipaḥ ||
prāgjyotiṣaś ca nṛpatir bhagadatto mahāyaśāḥ ||
Achala, Vrishaka, and Karna, best of chariot-warriors, Shalya, king of the Madras, and Bahlika, the great chariot-warrior, Somadatta the Kauravya, Bhuri, Bhurishravas, Shala, Ashvatthaman, Kripa, Drona, and Jayadratha the Sindhu king, Yajnasena [Drupada] with his son, and Shalva, lord of the earth, and Bhagadatta, greatly renowned king of Pragjyotisha,
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The list reads like a roster of the future battlefield of Kurukshetra: Karna, Drona, Jayadratha, Bhagadatta — those who will soon meet in mortal battle. It is notable that now they are guests at one feast of dharma, united in honoring the sacrifice. The verse reveals the fragility of peace among the great: the same hands that now bring gifts will later raise weapons against one another. Remembering this, the reader is humbled before the impermanence of human alliances; and understands that only fidelity to the eternal dharma, not passing accord, is a reliable support — all else time carries away.