युक्तैः परमकाम्बोजैर् जवनैर् हेममालिभिः ॥
भीषयन्तो द्विषत्सैन्यं यमवैश्रवणोपमाः ॥
प्रभद्रकास् तु पाञ्चालाः षट् सहस्राण्य् उदायुधाः ॥
नानावर्णैर् हयश्रेष्ठैर् हेमचित्ररथध्वजाः ॥
शरव्रातैर् विधुन्वन्तः शत्रून् विततकार्मुकाः ॥
समानमृत्यवो भूत्वा धृष्टद्युम्नं समन्वयुः ॥
yuktaiḥ paramakāmbojair javanair hemamālibhiḥ ||
bhīṣayanto dviṣatsainyaṃ yamavaiśravaṇopamāḥ ||
prabhadrakās tu pāñcālāḥ ṣaṭ sahasrāṇy udāyudhāḥ ||
nānāvarṇair hayaśreṣṭhair hemacitrarathadhvajāḥ ||
śaravrātair vidhunvantaḥ śatrūn vitatakārmukāḥ ||
samānamṛtyavo bhūtvā dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ samanvayuḥ ||
Yoked with the finest Kamboja horses, fleet, in golden garlands, striking fear into the enemy host, like Yama and Kubera — the Prabhadraka Panchalas, six thousand, weapons upraised, on the finest horses of many colors, with gilded chariots and banners, showering enemies with volleys of arrows, bows drawn, having sworn themselves to a common death, followed after Dhrishtadyumna.
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Six thousand Prabhadrakas march "sworn to a common death" (samana-mrityu) — bound by a vow to share one fate, to live and fall together. In this oath lies the highest measure of comradeship in arms: not each man for himself, but all as one, for one another, to the very end. It is telling that they are likened to Yama and Kubera — lords of death and treasure: fearsome, because they no longer fear death. The verse teaches that an army bound by a vow of shared fate is unconquerable in spirit, for in it there is no room for flight; that readiness to share death with one's comrades breeds a strength that fear for oneself cannot give; and that in this mutual bond unto the end lies the root of true brotherhood in arms, where the fate of one is the fate of all.