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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.23.4

Mahābhārata 6.23.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.23.4)

atra śūrā maheṣvāsā bhīmārjunasamā yudhi |  
yuyudhāno virāṭaśca drupadaśca mahārathaḥ || 4 ||

> "Here (are) heroes, mighty archers, the equals in battle of Bhima and Arjuna—the great warriors Yuyudhâna, Virâta, Drupada; the valiant Dhrishtaketu, Chekitâna and the king of Kâshi; the best of men, Purujit, Kunti-Bhoja and Shaivya; the powerful Yudhâmanyu, and the brave Uttamaujas, the son of Subhadrâ, and the sons of Draupadi,—lords of great chariots.  
> — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita

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## Translations (2)

- [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.1.4) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.25.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.25.4) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (2)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.25.4) — Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.25.4) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.1.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.1.4) — Sanskrit

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