katham indro 'pi kurubhir
bhīṣma-droṇÄrjunÄdibhiḥ
adattam avarundhīta
siá¹ha-grastam ivoraṇaḥ

 katham - how; indraḥ - Lord Indra; api - even; kurubhiḥ - by the Kurus; bhīṣma-droṇa-arjuna-Ädibhiḥ - Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Arjuna and others; adattam - not given; avarundhÄ«ta - would usurp; siá¹ha - by a lion; grastam - that which has been seized; iva - as; uraṇaḥ - a sheep.


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How would even Indra dare usurp anything that Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Arjuna or the other Kurus have not given him? It would be like a lamb claiming the lion’s kill.

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