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संयन्तारः प्रहर्तारः कृतास्त्रा भारसाधनाः । इष्वस्त्रे द्रोणशिष्याश्च कृपस्य च शरद्वतः॥५-१६२-२१॥
They are skilled charioteers and effective combatants, trained in weapons and capable of bearing heavy burdens; in archery they are disciples of Droṇa and also of Kṛpa Śāradvata.
english translation
एते हनिष्यन्ति रणे पाञ्चालान्युद्धदुर्मदान् । कृतकिल्बिषाः पाण्डवेयैर्धार्तराष्ट्रा मनस्विनः॥५-१६२-२२॥
These resolute Dhārtarāṣṭras will strike down the Pāñcālas in battle—those made overconfident by warfare—having incurred hostility through the Pāṇḍava faction.
english translation
ततोऽहं भरतश्रेष्ठ सर्वसेनापतिस्तव । शत्रून्विध्वंसयिष्यामि कदर्थीकृत्य पाण्डवान् । न त्वात्मनो गुणान्वक्तुमर्हामि विदितोऽस्मि ते॥५-१६२-२३॥
Therefore, O best of the Bharatas, as your commander of the entire host, I will shatter the enemy forces and subject the Pāṇḍavas to humiliation. Yet I ought not to proclaim my own merits; I am already known to you.
english translation
कृतवर्मा त्वतिरथो भोजः प्रहरतां वरः । अर्थसिद्धिं तव रणे करिष्यति न संशयः॥५-१६२-२४॥
Kṛtavarmā—the Bhoja, an exceptional atiratha and foremost among attackers—will secure your objective in battle; of this there is no doubt.
english translation
अस्त्रविद्भिरनाधृष्यो दूरपाती दृढायुधः । हनिष्यति रिपूंस्तुभ्यं महेन्द्रो दानवानिव॥५-१६२-२५॥
Unassailable even to masters of weapons, striking from afar with steadfast arms, he will crush your foes—like Mahendra subduing the Dānavas.
english translation