Vaishampayana said : These youthful princes, adorned with earrings, boasted at one another; and each regarding himself as the most accomplished in arms and endued with prowess, they stood up brandishing their weapons.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तेऽलंकृताः कुण्डलिनो युवानः परस्परं स्पर्धमाना नरेन्द्राः। अस्त्रं बलं चात्मनि मन्यमानाः सर्वे समुत्पेतुरुदायुधास्ते॥