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लोहाभिहारो निर्वृत्तः कुरुक्षेत्रमकर्दमम् । समः पन्था भृता योधाः श्वो युध्यस्व सकेशवः॥५-१५८-११॥
The movement of iron (arms) has been set in motion; Kurukṣetra is firm and free of mire. The road is level, the troops are maintained—fight tomorrow, O one accompanied by Keśava.
english translation
असमागम्य भीष्मेण संयुगे किं विकत्थसे । आरुरुक्षुर्यथा मन्दः पर्वतं गन्धमादनम्॥५-१५८-१२॥
Without having met Bhīṣma in combat, why do you boast? You are like a dull man trying to climb Mount Gandhamādana.
english translation
द्रोणं च युध्यतां श्रेष्ठं शचीपतिसमं युधि । अजित्वा संयुगे पार्थ राज्यं कथमिहेच्छसि॥५-१५८-१३॥
And Droṇa—foremost among fighters, comparable in battle to Śacī’s lord (Indra): without defeating him in engagement, O Pārtha, how can you seek a kingdom here?
english translation
ब्राह्मे धनुषि चाचार्यं वेदयोरन्तरं द्वयोः । युधि धुर्यमविक्षोभ्यमनीकधरमच्युतम्॥५-१५८-१४॥
He is a teacher in sacred knowledge and in archery, a master of the distinction between the two Vedas; in battle, a foremost leader, unshakable, bearing the army’s burden—Acyuta.
english translation
द्रोणं मोहाद्युधा पार्थ यज्जिगीषसि तन्मृषा । न हि शुश्रुम वातेन मेरुमुन्मथितं गिरिम्॥५-१५८-१५॥
O Pārtha, the notion—born of delusion—that you will conquer Droṇa in armed engagement is false; for we have never heard of Mount Meru being uprooted by the wind.
english translation