Atirathas - AncientVoice

Mbh.1.2.331	The next hath been called numbering the Rathis and Atirathas.
Mbh.1.117.6301	All were heroes and Atirathas, and were well-skilled in warfare.
Mbh.2.14.634	Ahuka hath had a hundred sons, each of whom is almost like a god in prowess, Charudeshna with his brother Chakradeva, Satyaki, myself, Valadeva the son of Rohini, and my son Samva who is equal unto me in battle, these seven, O king are Atirathas.
Mbh.3.86.4753	Bhishma and Drona are Atirathas.
Mbh.5.166.7507	I desire, however, O Kaurava, to know who amongst all the warriors of the foe and my own are to be counted as Rathas and who Atirathas.
Mbh.5.166.7511	Hear, O king, as to who are Rathas and who Atirathas!
Mbh.5.169.7646	Influenced, however, by lust and envy, and acting from ignorance, thou hast indicated Rathas and Atirathas according only to thy own caprice!
Mbh.5.169.7684	I desire now to bear of the best car-warriors among the enemy, that is, of those that are Atirathas among them and of those that are leaders of car-division.
Mbh.5.170.7686	SECTION CLXX Bhishma said, I have now, O king, indicated who thy Rathas are and who thy Atirathas and half Rathas.
Mbh.5.170.7687	Listen now to the tale of Rathas and Atirathas among the Pandavas.
Mbh.5.172.7773	O subjugator of hostile cities, that foremost of Kurus, viz, Srenimat and king Vasudeva are both, in my judgment, Atirathas
Mbh.5.173.7786	These, O king, are principally the Rathas, Atirathas, and half Rathas of the high-souled Pandava, and these, O king, will lead in battle the terrible army of Yudhishthira which is protected, again, by that hero, the diadem-decked Arjuna, who is even like the great Indra himself.
Mbh.5.173.7790	The Rathas and Atirathas, according to their precedence, have now been declared by me to thee, and they also that are half Rathas, belonging to thee or them, O chief of the Kauravas!
Mbh.6.113.6182	Inaccessible as the interior of the sea, it is guarded on all sides by Atirathas.
Mbh.7.1.38	Even thus was he classed during the counting of Rathas and Atirathas, he that is the foremost of all Rathas and Atirathas, he that is respected by all heroes, he that would venture to fight even with Yama, Kuvera, Varuna, and Indra.
Mbh.7.107.5080	Amongst the foremost ones of the Vrishni race, two are regarded as Atirathas.
Mbh.8.10.372	Those two Atirathas that were my Generals, viz, Bhishma and Drona, have been slain.
Mbh.8.30.1293	Then many Atirathas belonging to thy army, accompanied by elephants and cars and foot-soldiers, quickly approached that bull among car-warriors, viz, Vasusena, when they beheld the latter deeply afflicted with the shafts of that foremost hero of Sini's race.
Mbh.8.45.2487	Recollecting those faults of thine that Bhishma recited on the occasion of the tale of Rathas and Atirathas, drive away thy wrath.
Mbh.9.15.867	Surrounded by those Atirathas on every side, the Pancala hero, O king, careered in that battle, displaying his quickness in the use of weapons.
Mbh.9.59.4316	Those four were very high-souled warriors and regarded as Atirathas in the world.
Mbh.12.5.190	In consequence of a Brahmana's curse, as also of the curse of the illustrious Rama, of the boon granted to Kunti and the illusion practised on him by Indra, of his depreciation by Bhishma as only half a car-warrior, at the tale of Rathas and Atirathas, of the destruction of his energy caused by Salya with his keen speeches, of Vasudeva's policy, and, lastly of the celestial weapons obtained by Arjuna from Rudra and Indra and Yama and Varuna and Kuvera and Drona and the illustrious Kripa, the wielder of Gandiva succeeded in slaying Vikartana's son Karna of effulgence like that of Surya himself.
Mbh.12.296.18474	The Kshatriyas called Atirathas, Amvashthas, Ugras, Vaidehas, Swapakas, Pukkasas, Tenas, Nishadas, Sutas, Magadhas, Ayogas, Karanas, Vratyas, and Chandalas, O monarch, have all sprung from the four original orders by intermixture with one another'
Mbh.16.6.218	Those two who were regarded as Atirathas amongst the foremost of the Vrishnis, and referring to whom in course of conversation thou wert wont to indulge in pride, and who, O chief of Kurus race, were ever dear to Krishna himselfalas, those two, O Dhananjaya, have been the chief causes of the destruction of the Vrishnis!

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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