यमावुतस्वित्तनयौ पृथाया: पार्थैर्वृतौ पक्ष्मभिरक्षिणीव । रेमात उद्दाय मृधे स्वरिक्थं परात्सुपर्णाविव वज्रिवक्त्रात् ॥ ३९ ॥
yamav utasvit tanayau prthayah parthair vrtau paksmabhir aksiniva remata uddaya mrdhe sva-riktham parat suparnav iva vajri-vaktrat
- yamau
- twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)
- utasvit
- whether
- tanayau
- sons
- prthayah
- of Prtha
- parthaih
- by the sons of Prtha
- vrtau
- protected
- paksmabhih
- by the shields
- aksini
- of the eyes
- iva
- like
- remate
- playing carelessly
- uddaya
- snatching
- mrdhe
- in the fight
- sva-riktham
- own property
- parat
- from the enemy Duryodhana
- suparnau
- Garuda, the carrier of Lord Visnu
- iva
- like
- vajri-vaktrat
- from the mouth of Indra
Are the twin brothers who are protected by their brothers doing well? Just as the eye is always protected by the eyelid, they are protected by the sons of Prtha, who snatched back their rightful kingdom from the hands of their enemy Duryodhana, just as Garuda snatched nectar from the mouth of Indra, the thunderbolt carrier.