Rathas - AncientVoice

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.5.166.7510	Bhishma said, Listen, O son of Gandhari, O king of kings, to the tale of Rathas in thy own army!
Mbh.5.166.7511	Hear, O king, as to who are Rathas and who Atirathas!
Mbh.5.166.7512	They are in thy army, many thousands, many millions, and many hundreds of millions of Rathas.
Mbh.5.166.7514	Firstly, with thy country of brothers including Dussasana and others, thou art of the foremost of Rathas!
Mbh.5.166.7533	The king of the Sindhus, O monarch, is in my judgment, equal to two Rathas.
Mbh.5.167.7542	Coming from the province of Mahishmati, Nila, accoutred in blue mail, is one of thy Rathas.
Mbh.5.167.7545	Accomplished in battle, and of fierce energy and prowess, the princes Vinda and Anuvinda of Avanti are both regarded as excellent Rathas.
Mbh.5.167.7548	The five royal brothers of Trigarta are, in my judgment, all foremost of Rathas.
Mbh.5.167.7551	All the five, O king, are Rathas, having Satyaratha amongst them as their first.
Mbh.5.167.7555	In prime of youth, of delicate limbs, endued with great activity, those two princes, well-versed with battles and capable of leading all, those tigers among Kurus, those car-warriors, are, I think, two of our best Rathas.
Mbh.5.168.7604	Endued with great energy, Jalasandha, O king, is one of thy foremost of Rathas.
Mbh.5.168.7618	He is the best of Rathas amongst all the Rakshasa-warriors.
Mbh.5.169.7624	SECTION CLXIX Bhishma said, Both the brothers Achala and Vrisha are Rathas.
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.5.169.7653	Where is the task of ascertaining the merits of Rathas, and where is Bhishma of little understanding?
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.5.170.7688	If thou feelest any curiosity, listen then, O king, with these monarchs, to the tale of Rathas in the army of the Pandavas.
Mbh.5.170.7690	Without doubt, O sire, be will glide along the field of battle like a blazing fire; Bhimasena, O king, is regarded equal to eight Rathas.
Mbh.5.170.7693	Those two bulls among men, the sons of Madri, are both Rathas.
Mbh.5.171.7721	Virata's son Uttara is, in my judgment, one of the foremost of Rathas.
Mbh.5.172.7739	SECTION CLXXII Bhishma said, That subjugator of hostile cities, Sikhandin, the son of the king of the Panchalas, is, O king, in my judgment, one of the foremost of Yudhishthira's Rathas.
Mbh.5.172.7749	Kshattradeva, that subjugator of hostile cities, who is devoted to Kshatriya virtues, is, O great king, in my judgment, one of the best Rathas among the Pandavas.
Mbh.5.172.7756	The five Kshatriya brothers, O king, who are difficult of being vanquished, and all of whom have blood red banners, are foremost of the Rathas.
Mbh.5.172.7757	Kasika, and Sukumara, and Nila, and that other one, viz, Suryadatta, and Sankha, otherwise called Madiraswa, are all in my judgment, the foremost of Rathas.
Mbh.5.172.7760	King Chitrayudha is, in my judgment, one of the best of Rathas.
Mbh.5.172.7762	Those mighty car-warriors, those tigers among men, Chekitana, and Satyadhriti, are two of the best Rathas of the Pandavas in my judgment.
Mbh.5.172.7763	Vyaghradatta, O monarch, and Chandrasena also, O Bharata, are without doubt two of the best Rathas, as I think, of the Pandavas.
Mbh.5.172.7768	Drupada's son, Satyajit, young in years and displaying great prowess in battle, should be regarded as equal to eight Rathas.
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.5.195.8760	It is thus, O king, that that best of Rathas.
Mbh.6.17.865	Paurava and the ruler of the Kalingas, and Salya, these Rathas took up their position in Duryodhana's van.
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.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.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.

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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