(1.4-6)
atra śūrā maheṣvāsā bhīmārjunasamā yudhi |
yuyudhāno virāṭaś ca drupadaś ca mahārathaḥ ||
dhṛṣṭaketuś cekitānaḥ kāśirājaś ca vīryavān |
purujit kuntibhojaś ca śaibyaś ca nara-puṁgavaḥ ||
yudhāmanyuś ca vikrānta uttamaujāś ca vīryavān |
saubhadro draupadeyāś ca sarva eva mahārathāḥ ||
śrīdharaḥ : atrety-ādi | atra asyāṁ camvām | iṣavo bāṇā asyante kṣipyante ebhir iti iṣāsāḥ dhanūṁṣi | mahānta iṣvāso yeṣāṁ te maheṣvāsāḥ | bhīmārjunau tāvad atrātiprasiddhau yoddhārau | tābhyāṁ samāḥ śūrāḥ śauryeṇa kṣātra-dharmeṇopetāḥ santi | tān eva nāmabhir nirdiśati—yuyudhānaḥ sātyakiḥ | kiṁ ca, dhṛṣṭaketur iti | 
kiṁ ca, cekitāno nāmaika rājā | nara-puṅgavo nara-śreṣṭhaḥ śaivyaḥ ||
yudhāmanyuś ca iti | vikrānto yudhāmanyur nāmaikaḥ | saubhadro’bhimanyur draupadeyāḥ draupadyāṁ pañcabhyo yudhiṣṭhirādibhyo jātāḥ putrāḥ prativindhyādayaḥ pañca | mahārathādīnāṁ lakṣaṇam—
eko daśa sahasrāṇi yodhayed yas tu dhanvinām |
śastra-śāstra-pravīṇaś ca mahāratha iti smṛtaḥ ||
amitān yodhayed yas tu samprokto’tirathas tu saḥ |
rathī caikena yo yudhyet tan-nyūno’rdha-rathaḥ smṛtaḥ || iti ||4-6||
madhusūdanaḥ : nanv ekena drupada-putreṇāprasiddhenādhiṣṭhitāṁ camūm etām asmadīyo yaḥ kaścid api jeṣyati kim iti tvam uttāmyasīty ata āha—atra śūrā ity-ādibhis tribhiḥ | na kevalam atra dhṛṣṭadyumna eva śūro yenopekṣaṇīyatā syāt | kintv asyāṁ camvām anye’pi bahavaḥ śūrā santīty avaśyam eva taj-jaye yatanīyam ity abhiprāyaḥ | śūrān eva viśinaṣṭi—maheṣvāsā iti | mahānto’nyair apradhṛṣyā iṣvāsā dhanūṁṣi yeṣā te tathā | dūrata eva parasainyavidrāvaṇakuśalā iti bhāvaḥ | 
mahā-dhanur-ādi-mattve’pi yuddha-kauśalābhāvam āśaṅkyāha—yudhi yuddhe bhīmārjunābhyāṁ sarva-sampratipanna-parākramābhyāṁ samās tulyāḥ | tān evāha—yuyudhāna ity-ādinā mahārathā ity antena | yuyudhānaḥ sātyakiḥ | drupadaś ca mahāratha ity ekaḥ | athavā, yuyudhāna-virāṭa-drupadānāṁ viśeṣaṇaṁ mahāratha iti | dhṛṣṭaketu-cekitāna-kāśirājānāṁ viśeṣaṇaṁ vīryavān iti | purujit-kuntibhoja-śaibyānāṁ viśeṣaṇaṁ nara-puṁgava iti | vikrānto yudhāmanyuḥ vīryavāṁś cottamaujā iti dvau | 
athavā sarvāṇi viśeṣaṇāni samuccitya sarvatra yojanīyāni | saubhadro’bhimanyuḥ | draupadeyāś ca draupadī-putrāḥ prativindhyādayaḥ pañca | ca-kārād anye’pi pāṇḍya-rāja-ghaṭotkaca-prabhṛtayaḥ | pañca pāṇḍavās tv atiprasiddhā eveti na gaṇitāḥ | ye gaṇitāḥ saptadaśānye’pi tadīyāḥ sarva eva mahārathāḥ | sarve’pi mahārathā eva naiko’pi ratho’rdha-ratho vā | mahārathā ity atirathatvasyāpy upalakṣaṇam | tal-lakṣaṇaṁ ca—
eko daśa-sahastrāṇi yodhayed yas tu dhanvinām | 
śastra-śāstra-pravīṇaś ca mahāratha iti smṛtaḥ ||
amitān yodhayed yas tu samprokto’tirathas tu saḥ | 	
rathī tv ekena yo yoddhā tan nyūno’rdharathaḥ smṛtaḥ || iti ||4-6||
viśvanāthaḥ : atra camvām | mahāntaḥ śatrubhiś chettum aśakyā iṣvāsā dhanūṁṣi yeṣāṁ te | yuyudhānaḥ sātyakiḥ | saubhadro’bhimanyuḥ | draupadeyā yudhiṣṭhirādibhyaḥ pañcabhyo jātāḥ prativindhyādayaḥ | mahārathādīnāṁ lakṣaṇam—
eko daśa-sahasrāṇi yodhayed yas tu dhanvinām |
śastra-śāstra-pravīṇaś ca mahārtha iti smṛtaḥ ||
amitān yodhayed yas tu samprokto’tirathas tu saḥ |
rathī caikena yo yudhyet tan-nyūno’rdha-rathaḥ smṛtaḥ || iti ||4-6||
baladevaḥ : nanv ekena dhṛṣṭadyumnenādhiṣṭhitālpikā senāsmadīyenaikenaiva sujeyā syād atas tvaṁ mā trāsīḥ ? iti cet, tatrāha—atreti | atra camvāṁ mahāntaḥ śatrubhiś chettum aśakyā iṣvāsāś cāpā yeṣāṁ te | yuddha-kauśalam āśaṅkyāha—bhīma- iti | yuyudhānaḥ sātyakiḥ | mahāratha iti yuyudhānādīnāṁ trayāṇām | nara-puṅgava iti purujid-ādīnāṁ trayāṇām | yudhyeti vikrānta iti yudhāmanyoḥ | vīryavān ity uttamaujasaś ceti viśeṣaṇam | 
saubhadro’bhimanyuḥ | draupadeyā yudhiṣṭhirādibhyaḥ pañcabhyaḥ kramād draupadyāṁ jātāḥ prativindhya-śrutasena-śrutakīrti-śatānīka-śrutakarmākhyāḥ pañca-putrāḥ | ca-śabdād anye ca ghaṭotkacādayaḥ | pāṇḍavās tv atikhyātatvāt na gaṇitāḥ | ya ete saptadaśa gaṇitāḥ, ye cānye tat-pakṣīyās te sarve mahārathā eva | atirathasyāpy upalakṣaṇam etat | tal-lakṣaṇaṁ coktam—
eko daśa-sahasrāṇi yodhayed yas tu dhanvinām |
śastra-śāstra-pravīṇaś ca mahārtha iti smṛtaḥ ||
amitān yodhayed yas tu samprokto’tirathas tu saḥ |
rathī caikena yo yudhyet tan-nyūno’rdha-rathaḥ smṛtaḥ || iti ||4-6||