Rāmabhadrācārya (1950) Hindu religious leader
dhanuḥsrugabhimedure bhṛgupakopavaiśvānare
raṇāṅgaṇasucatvare subhaṭarāvavedasvare ।
śarāhutimanohare nṛpatikāṣṭhasañjāgare
sahasrabhujamadhvare paśumivājuhodbhārgavaḥ ॥
Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam
“All gunners were deaf, they said. They were the kings of the battlefield and they never heard the applause.”
Narrator, p. 249
Sharpe (Novel Series), Sharpe's Honor (1985)
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