[600] The Pañcāla [king] — this Brahmadatta — has come with his entire army;
this army of Pañcāla, Mahosadha, is beyond measure:
furnished with expert marksmen, furnished with foot-soldiers, skilled in every kind of battle,
sweeping its foes away, loud with clamor, roused by the call of drum and conch;
versed in the lore of metals, fully adorned, bearing banners, its riders mounting from the left,
well provided with men skilled in the arts, firmly established upon heroes.
Ten wise men, they say, are here, of vast wisdom, taking counsel in secret;
and the king's mother, the eleventh, directs the Pañcāla host.
And here besides are a hundred and one khattiyas, men of renown following in his train,
robbed of their realms, shaken with fear, gone under the sway of the Pañcālas.
Doers of whatever the king declares, against their will they speak him pleasing words;
they follow after the Pañcāla — masters once, against their will they have come under his sway.
By that army Mithilā is encircled with a triple cordon;
the royal capital of the Videhas is being trenched round about on every side.
Hemmed in on every side, as though by the stars above —
Mahosadha, consider: how will there be deliverance?
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.