धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
तथा प्रविष्टं तरुणं सौभद्रम् अपराजितम् ॥
कुलानुरूपं कुर्वाणं संग्रामेष्व् अपलायिनम् ॥
आजानेयैः सुबलिभिर् युक्तम् अश्वैस् त्रिहायनैः ॥
प्लवमानम् इवाकाशे के शूराः समवारयन् ॥
संजय उवाच
अभिमन्युः प्रविश्यैव तावकान् निशितैः शरैः ॥
अकरोद् विमुखान् सर्वान् पार्थिवान् पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
tathā praviṣṭaṃ taruṇaṃ saubhadram aparājitam ||
kulānurūpaṃ kurvāṇaṃ saṃgrāmeṣv apalāyinam ||
ājāneyaiḥ subalibhir yuktam aśvais trihāyanaiḥ ||
plavamānam ivākāśe ke śūrāḥ samavārayan ||
saṃjaya uvāca
abhimanyuḥ praviśyaiva tāvakān niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
akarod vimukhān sarvān pārthivān pāṇḍunandanaḥ ||
So bursting in, the young, invincible son of Subhadra -- performing deeds worthy of his lineage, unyielding in battles, drawn by mighty thoroughbred three-year-old horses, as though soaring in the sky -- which of the warriors held him back? Bursting in, Abhimanyu, joy of Pandu, turned all your kings to flight with sharp arrows.
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The youth performs ‘deeds worthy of his lineage’ -- the measure of his greatness is that he did not diminish but manifested the glory of his ancestors. His horses ‘soar as if in the sky’: a swiftness that lifts him above the earth. It is significant that the question ‘who held him back?’ precedes the account of how six foremost warriors were needed against a single child. The verse teaches that a worthy descendant does not inherit a name passively but confirms it through deed; that valor worthy of a great lineage is the highest praise; and that the tradition, in asking ‘who held back the youth?’, is already preparing to reveal the disproportion -- for no one could overcome him in fair contest, and to stop the child the very flower of the enemy host had to gather.