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पूर्वाह्णे मां कृतजप्यं कदाचिद्विप्रः प्रोवाचोदकान्ते मनोज्ञम् । कर्तव्यं ते दुष्करं कर्म पार्थ योद्धव्यं ते शत्रुभिः सव्यसाचिन्॥५-४७-६१॥
Once, in the forenoon, when I had completed my sacred recitation, a brāhmaṇa spoke to me at the water’s edge in pleasing words: “Pārtha, a hard duty awaits you; Savyasācin, you must do battle with your foes.”
english translation
इन्द्रो वा ते हरिवान्वज्रहस्तः पुरस्ताद्यातु समरेऽरीन्विनिघ्नन् । सुग्रीवयुक्तेन रथेन वा ते पश्चात्कृष्णो रक्षतु वासुदेवः॥५-४७-६२॥
“Either let Indra—lord of the tawny steeds, thunderbolt in hand—go before you in battle, striking down your foes; or else, from behind, let Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva protect you with the chariot yoked to Sugrīva, the divine steed.”
english translation
वव्रे चाहं वज्रहस्तान्महेन्द्रादस्मिन्युद्धे वासुदेवं सहायम् । स मे लब्धो दस्युवधाय कृष्णो मन्ये चैतद्विहितं दैवतैर्मे॥५-४७-६३॥
And I chose Vāsudeva as my ally in this war rather than Mahendra of the thunderbolt. I have obtained Kṛṣṇa for the suppression of aggressors; I deem this to have been ordained for me by the divine powers.
english translation
अयुध्यमानो मनसापि यस्य जयं कृष्णः पुरुषस्याभिनन्देत् । ध्रुवं सर्वान्सोऽभ्यतीयादमित्रान्सेन्द्रान्देवान्मानुषे नास्ति चिन्ता॥५-४७-६४॥
If Kṛṣṇa were to approve a man’s victory—even of one who does not fight even in thought—then that man would surely overcome all enemies, even those allied with Indra and the gods; for in Kṛṣṇa there is no uncertainty on the human plane.
english translation
स बाहुभ्यां सागरमुत्तितीर्षेन्महोदधिं सलिलस्याप्रमेयम् । तेजस्विनं कृष्णमत्यन्तशूरं युद्धेन यो वासुदेवं जिगीषेत्॥५-४७-६५॥
Whoever would seek to defeat Vāsudeva—Kṛṣṇa, radiant and supremely valorous—by war and stratagem would be like one trying to cross the immeasurable ocean using only his arms.
english translation