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तैरहं समरे वीर त्वामायद्भिर्जयैषिभिः । योत्स्यामि जयमाकाङ्क्षन्नथ वा निधनं रणे॥५-१६९-११॥
With those heroes advancing and seeking victory, I too, O warrior, will confront you in the engagement—yearning for triumph, or else accepting death in battle.
english translation
पार्थं च वासुदेवं च चक्रगाण्डीवधारिणौ । संध्यागताविवार्केन्दू समेष्ये पुरुषोत्तमौ॥५-१६९-१२॥
I shall confront Pārtha and Vāsudeva—bearers of the discus and the Gāṇḍīva—those two foremost persons, like the sun and the moon appearing at twilight.
english translation
ये चैव ते रथोदाराः पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैनिकाः । सहसैन्यानहं तांश्च प्रतीयां रणमूर्धनि॥५-१६९-१३॥
And those eminent chariot-warriors who are the troops of Pāṇḍu’s son—I shall also encounter them, together with their forces, at the forefront of the engagement.
english translation
एते रथाश्चातिरथाश्च तुभ्यं यथाप्रधानं नृप कीर्तिता मया । तथा राजन्नर्धरथाश्च केचित्तथैव तेषामपि कौरवेन्द्र॥५-१६९-१४॥
These chariot-warriors and great chariot-warriors have been described to you by me in due order of prominence, O king. Likewise, O king—some are ‘half-chariot’ fighters; and so too are the gradations among them, O lord of the Kurus.
english translation
अर्जुनं वासुदेवं च ये चान्ये तत्र पार्थिवाः । सर्वानावारयिष्यामि यावद्द्रक्ष्यामि भारत॥५-१६९-१५॥
Arjuna and Vāsudeva, and whatever other kings are there—I shall hold them all in check, O Bhārata, for as long as I remain in view upon the field.
english translation