पातिते भीमसेनेन शल्ये कर्णे च शङ्किते ॥
शङ्किताः सर्वराजानः परिवव्रुर् वृकोदरम् ॥
ऊचुश् च सहितास् तत्र साध्व् इमे ब्राह्मणर्षभाः ॥
विज्ञायन्तां क्वजन्मानः क्वनिवासास् तथैव च ॥
को हि राधासुतं कर्मं शक्तो योधयितुं रणे ॥
अन्यत्र रामाद् द्रोणाद् वा कृपाद् वापि शरद्वतः ॥
pātite bhīmasenena śalye karṇe ca śaṅkite ||
śaṅkitāḥ sarvarājānaḥ parivavrur vṛkodaram ||
ūcuś ca sahitās tatra sādhv ime brāhmaṇarṣabhāḥ ||
vijñāyantāṃ kvajanmānaḥ kvanivāsās tathaiva ca ||
ko hi rādhāsutaṃ karmaṃ śakto yodhayituṃ raṇe ||
anyatra rāmād droṇād vā kṛpād vāpi śaradvataḥ ||
When Shalya had been felled by Bhimasena, and Karna grew apprehensive, the alarmed kings all surrounded Vrikodara and said together: "Glorious are these bull-like brahmins; let it be known of what lineage they are and where they dwell. For who is able to fight in battle with the son of Radha, except Rama, Drona, or Kripa, son of Sharadvata?"
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Here the deed itself betrays those in disguise. It is telling that the kings, by valor alone, sense a high lineage: "only the greatest are capable of this" — the feat reveals what the appearance conceals. Here it is shown that a person's truth is made known by their deeds: not clothing but action bears witness to who one is. Thus the scripture reveals that hidden greatness betrays itself through action; and the kings, marveling, begin to suspect something greater in these "brahmins."