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अवोचं यत्षण्ढतिलानहं वस्तथ्यमेव तत् । धृता हि वेणी पार्थेन विराटनगरे तदा॥५-१५८-३१॥
What I said—calling you ‘ṣaṇḍha-tilā’—was indeed true. For at that time, in the city of Virāṭa, Pārtha wore his hair in a braid.
english translation
सूदकर्मणि च श्रान्तं विराटस्य महानसे । भीमसेनेन कौन्तेय यच्च तन्मम पौरुषम्॥५-१५८-३२॥
And I remember you, O son of Kuntī, worn out by the work of a cook in Virāṭa’s great kitchen—and Bhīmasena’s condition there; and that, in my view, is proof of my manly superiority.
english translation
एवमेव सदा दण्डं क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रिये दधुः । श्रेण्यां कक्ष्यां च वेण्यां च संयुगे यः पलायते॥५-१५८-३३॥
Thus indeed have kṣatriyas always imposed sanction upon a kṣatriya: one who withdraws from battle is marked with the śreṇī, the kakṣyā, and the veṇī—signs of disgrace.
english translation
न भयाद्वासुदेवस्य न चापि तव फल्गुन । राज्यं प्रतिप्रदास्यामि युध्यस्व सहकेशवः॥५-१५८-३४॥
Neither out of fear of Vāsudeva, nor of you, O Phalguna, will I return the kingdom. Fight as you will, together with Keśava.
english translation
न माया हीन्द्रजालं वा कुहका वा विभीषणी । आत्तशस्त्रस्य मे युद्धे वहन्ति प्रतिगर्जनाः॥५-१५८-३५॥
Neither illusion, nor Indra-like conjuring, nor deceitful stratagems, nor intimidation will avail in my battle once I have taken up arms; challenge shall be met with challenge, and roar with counter-roar.
english translation