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संजय उवाच । सेनापत्यमनुप्राप्य भीष्मः शांतनवो नृप । दुर्योधनमुवाचेदं वचनं हर्षयन्निव॥५-१६२-६॥
Saṃjaya said: O king, after obtaining the command, Bhīṣma Śāṃtanava addressed Duryodhana with these words, as if to encourage him.
english translation
नमस्कृत्वा कुमाराय सेनान्ये शक्तिपाणये । अहं सेनापतिस्तेऽद्य भविष्यामि न संशयः॥५-१६२-७॥
Having paid respects to the prince, the spear-bearing commander, (Bhīṣma said:) “Today I shall be your commander-in-chief—of this there is no doubt.”
english translation
सेनाकर्मण्यभिज्ञोऽस्मि व्यूहेषु विविधेषु च । कर्म कारयितुं चैव भृतानप्यभृतांस्तथा॥५-१६२-८॥
“I am skilled in the conduct of armies and in diverse battle-formations; and I am able to have tasks executed—by those retained as well as by those not formally retained.”
english translation
यात्रायानेषु युद्धेषु लब्धप्रशमनेषु च । भृशं वेद महाराज यथा वेद बृहस्पतिः॥५-१६२-९॥
“In campaigns and marches, in strategic engagements, and in securing pacification after gains, I know these matters thoroughly, O great king—like Bṛhaspati knows.”
english translation
व्यूहानपि महारम्भान्दैवगान्धर्वमानुषान् । तैरहं मोहयिष्यामि पाण्डवान्व्येतु ते ज्वरः॥५-१६२-१०॥
Even vast battle-formations—divine, gandharva-like, and human—once deployed, I shall confound the Pāṇḍavas by means of them. Let your feverish anxiety subside.
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