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भीष्म उवाच । ततो मामब्रवीद्रामः प्रहसन्निव भारत । दिष्ट्या भीष्म मया सार्धं योद्धुमिच्छसि संगरे॥५-१७९-१॥
Bhīṣma said: Then Rāma spoke to me, as if smiling, O Bhārata: “A fortunate sign, Bhīṣma—you wish to contend with me in the clash of arms.”
english translation
अयं गच्छामि कौरव्य कुरुक्षेत्रं त्वया सह । भाषितं तत्करिष्यामि तत्रागच्छेः परंतप॥५-१७९-२॥
“Come then: I am going to Kurukṣetra with you, O Kauravya. I will do what has been declared; come there, O scorcher of foes.”
english translation
तत्र त्वां निहतं माता मया शरशताचितम् । जाह्नवी पश्यतां भीष्म गृध्रकङ्कबडाशनम्॥५-१७९-३॥
“There, your mother Jāhnavī will see you struck down by me, covered with hundreds of arrows—becoming sustenance for vultures and herons, O Bhīṣma.”
english translation
कृपणं त्वामभिप्रेक्ष्य सिद्धचारणसेविता । मया विनिहतं देवी रोदतामद्य पार्थिव॥५-१७९-४॥
Seeing you in so pitiable a state, the Goddess—attended by Siddhas and Cāraṇas—will weep today, O king, when you have been overcome by me.
english translation
अतदर्हा महाभागा भगीरथसुता नदी । या त्वामजीजनन्मन्दं युद्धकामुकमातुरम्॥५-१७९-५॥
That greatly fortunate river, the daughter of Bhagiratha, did not deserve this—she who bore you, slow-witted, afflicted with a craving for conflict.
english translation