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भीष्म उवाच । समुद्यतोऽयं भारो मे सुमहान्सागरोपमः । धार्तराष्ट्रस्य संग्रामे वर्षपूगाभिचिन्तितः॥५-१६६-१॥
Bhīṣma said: A very great burden, vast like the ocean, has now been placed upon me—this martial undertaking for Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son, long contemplated over many years.
english translation
तस्मिन्नभ्यागते काले प्रतप्ते लोमहर्षणे । मिथोभेदो न मे कार्यस्तेन जीवसि सूतज॥५-१६६-२॥
At this moment that has arrived—intense and dread-inspiring—I have no need to foster division among our own. Therefore, son of a charioteer, you may remain alive.
english translation
न ह्यहं नाद्य विक्रम्य स्थविरोऽपि शिशोस्तव । युद्धश्रद्धां रणे छिन्द्यां जीवितस्य च सूतज॥५-१६६-३॥
For I will not, even today, exert my prowess—though aged—to cut down, in battle, the martial confidence of you who are like a child, and thereby end your life, O son of a charioteer.
english translation
जामदग्न्येन रामेण महास्त्राणि प्रमुञ्चता । न मे व्यथाभवत्काचित्त्वं तु मे किं करिष्यसि॥५-१६६-४॥
When Rāma Jāmadagnya unleashed great celestial weapons, I felt no distress at all; what, then, will you do to me?
english translation
कामं नैतत्प्रशंसन्ति सन्तोऽऽत्मबलसंस्तवम् । वक्ष्यामि तु त्वां संतप्तो निहीन कुलपांसन॥५-१६६-५॥
The virtuous never commend the self-praise of one’s own strength. Yet, provoked and burning within, I will speak to you—O base one, the dust of your lineage.
english translation