नाकुलिं तु शतानीकं शालपुष्पनिभा हयाः ॥
आदित्यतरुणप्रख्याः श्लाघनीयम् उदावहन् ॥
काञ्चनप्रतिमैर् योक्त्रैर् मयूरग्रीवसंनिभाः ॥
द्रौपदेयं नरव्याघ्रं श्रुतकर्माणम् आवहन् ॥
श्रुतकीर्तिं श्रुतनिधिं द्रौपदेयं हयोत्तमाः ॥
ऊहुः पार्थसमं युद्धे चाषपत्रनिभा हयाः ॥
nākuliṃ tu śatānīkaṃ śālapuṣpanibhā hayāḥ ||
ādityataruṇaprakhyāḥ ślāghanīyam udāvahan ||
kāñcanapratimair yoktrair mayūragrīvasaṃnibhāḥ ||
draupadeyaṃ naravyāghraṃ śrutakarmāṇam āvahan ||
śrutakīrtiṃ śrutanidhiṃ draupadeyaṃ hayottamāḥ ||
ūhuḥ pārthasamaṃ yuddhe cāṣapatranibhā hayāḥ ||
The son of Nakula, Shatanika, praiseworthy, was carried by horses the color of the shala flower, shining like the young sun. In harness resembling gold, [horses] the color of a peacock's neck carried Draupadeya, the tiger among men, Shrutakarman. Shrutakirti, that treasure-house of sacred knowledge, Draupadeya, equal to Partha in battle, was carried by finest horses the color of the jay's feather.
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Into the ranks step the sons of Draupadi -- the Draupadeyas, born of their five brothers' common wife. One of them is called "a treasure-house of sacred knowledge" (shrutanidhi), another "equal to Partha" -- the line of valor and learning continues in the sons. It is telling that this young generation of heroes is itself already praiseworthy, in nothing yielding to their fathers. The verse teaches that the virtues of parents do not vanish but grow up in the children -- valor, learning, faithfulness pass on through the spirit's inheritance; that to see sons worthy of their fathers is the joy and hope of a family; and that in the review of the righteous host, the very presence of this young growth is bright with the promise that the fathers' cause will not go out.