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एहि गच्छ मया भीष्म युद्धमद्यैव वर्तताम् । गृहाण सर्वं कौरव्य रथादि भरतर्षभ॥५-१७९-६॥
Come, go with me, Bhīṣma; let the engagement take place today itself. Take everything, O Kauravya—chariot and the rest, O bull among the Bharatas.
english translation
इति ब्रुवाणं तमहं रामं परपुरंजयम् । प्रणम्य शिरसा राजन्नेवमस्त्वित्यथाब्रुवम्॥५-१७९-७॥
As he spoke thus—Rāma, the conqueror of enemy strongholds—I bowed my head to him, O king, and then replied, “So be it.”
english translation
एवमुक्त्वा ययौ रामः कुरुक्षेत्रं युयुत्सया । प्रविश्य नगरं चाहं सत्यवत्यै न्यवेदयम्॥५-१७९-८॥
Having spoken thus, Rāma went to Kurukṣetra with the intention to contend. Entering the city, I then informed Satyavatī.
english translation
ततः कृतस्वस्त्ययनो मात्रा प्रत्यभिनन्दितः । द्विजातीन्वाच्य पुण्याहं स्वस्ति चैव महाद्युते॥५-१७९-९॥
Thereafter, when the auspicious rites had been performed and my mother had given her approval, I had the twice-born recite the benedictory invocations “puṇyāha” and “svasti,” O great-splendoured one.
english translation
रथमास्थाय रुचिरं राजतं पाण्डुरैर्हयैः । सूपस्करं स्वधिष्ठानं वैयाघ्रपरिवारणम्॥५-१७९-१०॥
Mounting a splendid, silver-hued chariot drawn by pale horses—well-equipped, firmly appointed, and protected with tiger-skin coverings—
english translation