क्षमयित्वा तु कौरव्यं रणाद् उत्तरम् आगतम् ॥
प्रशशंस ततो मत्स्यः शृण्वतः सव्यसाचिनः ॥
त्वया दायादवान् अस्मि कैकेयीनन्दिवर्धन ॥
त्वया मे सदृशः पुत्रो न भूतो न भविष्यति ॥
पदं पदसहस्रेण यश् चरन् नापराध्नुयात् ॥
तेन कर्णेन ते तात कथम् आसीत् समागमः ॥
मनुष्यलोके सकले यस्य तुल्यो न विद्यते ॥
यः समुद्र इवाक्षोभ्यः कालाग्निर् इव दुःसहः ॥
तेन भीष्मेण ते तात कथम् आसीत् समागमः ॥
आचार्यो वृष्णिवीराणां पाण्डवानां च यो द्विजः ॥
सर्वक्षत्रस्य चाचार्यः सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः ॥
तेन द्रोणेन ते तात कथम् आसीत् समागमः ॥
आचार्यपुत्रो यः शूरः सर्वशस्त्रभृताम् अपि ॥
अश्वत्थामेति विख्यातः कथं तेन समागमः ॥
रणे यं प्रेक्ष्य सीदन्ति हृतस्वा वणिजो यथा ॥
कृपेण तेन ते तात कथम् आसीत् समागमः ॥
पर्वतं यो ऽभिविध्येत राजपुत्रो महेषुभिः ॥
दुर्योधनेन ते तात कथम् आसीत् समागमः ॥
kṣamayitvā tu kauravyaṃ raṇād uttaram āgatam ||
praśaśaṃsa tato matsyaḥ śṛṇvataḥ savyasācinaḥ ||
tvayā dāyādavān asmi kaikeyīnandivardhana ||
tvayā me sadṛśaḥ putro na bhūto na bhaviṣyati ||
padaṃ padasahasreṇa yaś caran nāparādhnuyāt ||
tena karṇena te tāta katham āsīt samāgamaḥ ||
manuṣyaloke sakale yasya tulyo na vidyate ||
yaḥ samudra ivākṣobhyaḥ kālāgnir iva duḥsahaḥ ||
tena bhīṣmeṇa te tāta katham āsīt samāgamaḥ ||
ācāryo vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca yo dvijaḥ ||
sarvakṣatrasya cācāryaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ ||
tena droṇena te tāta katham āsīt samāgamaḥ ||
ācāryaputro yaḥ śūraḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtām api ||
aśvatthāmeti vikhyātaḥ kathaṃ tena samāgamaḥ ||
raṇe yaṃ prekṣya sīdanti hṛtasvā vaṇijo yathā ||
kṛpeṇa tena te tāta katham āsīt samāgamaḥ ||
parvataṃ yo 'bhividhyeta rājaputro maheṣubhiḥ ||
duryodhanena te tāta katham āsīt samāgamaḥ ||
Having appeased the Kauravya and seeing Uttara returned from battle, the king of the Matsyas began to praise him while Savyasachin listened: 'Through you I am freed from my hereditary enemies, O joy of the Kaikeyas; I have never had, and never will have, a son like you. He who, walking a thousand steps, would not err in even one — that is Karna: how was your encounter with him, my son? And with Bhishma, who has no equal in the whole world of men, who is unshakable as the ocean and unbearable as the fire of time — how was the encounter? And with Drona, the twice-born teacher of the Vrishni heroes, of the Pandavas, of the whole warrior order, and the best among all bearers of weapons — how was the encounter? And with the teacher's son, the hero known as Ashvatthama — how was the encounter? And with Kripa, at the sight of whom in battle men grow faint like merchants stripped of their wealth — how was the encounter? And with Prince Duryodhana, who could pierce a mountain with his great arrows — how was the encounter?'
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Virata still praises his son, but his very questions betray the scale of the impossible. The roll call of names makes it plain: an ordinary youth could not have defeated such adversaries.