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भीष्म उवाच । एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि भारत । यथैव हि भवन्तो मे तथैव मम पाण्डवाः॥५-१५३-१६॥
Bhīṣma said: It is so, mighty-armed Bhārata, as you say. For just as you are mine, so too are the Pāṇḍavas mine.
english translation
अपि चैव मया श्रेयो वाच्यं तेषां नराधिप । योद्धव्यं तु तवार्थाय यथा स समयः कृतः॥५-१५३-१७॥
Moreover, O lord of men, I must speak to them what is for their welfare; yet, for your purpose, I must fight as was agreed by that compact.
english translation
न तु पश्यामि योद्धारमात्मनः सदृशं भुवि । ऋते तस्मान्नरव्याघ्रात्कुन्तीपुत्राद्धनंजयात्॥५-१५३-१८॥
Yet I do not see on earth a combatant equal to myself—except that tiger among men, Kuntī’s son Dhanañjaya (Arjuna).
english translation
स हि वेद महाबाहुर्दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि सर्वशः । न तु मां विवृतो युद्धे जातु युध्येत पाण्डवः॥५-१५३-१९॥
For that mighty-armed one fully knows the celestial weapons. Yet the Pāṇḍava would never fight me in battle when I am unguarded or exposed.
english translation
अहं स च क्षणेनैव निर्मनुष्यमिदं जगत् । कुर्यां शस्त्रबलेनैव ससुरासुरराक्षसम्॥५-१५३-२० ॥
He and I, in but a moment, could by the might of weapons make this world bereft of human presence—even with its gods, asuras, and rākṣasas.
english translation