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ते राज्ञो धृतराष्ट्रस्य सामात्यस्य महारथाः । वैरं प्रतिकरिष्यन्ति कुलोच्छेदेन पाण्डवाः॥५-५४-१६॥
Those great chariot-warriors—aligned with King Dhṛtarāṣṭra and his minister—will retaliate against the Pāṇḍavas’ hostility by means that could culminate in dynastic eradication.
english translation
ततो द्रोणोऽब्रवीद्भीष्मः कृपो द्रौणिश्च भारत । मत्वा मां महतीं चिन्तामास्थितं व्यथितेन्द्रियम्॥५-५४-१७॥
Then Droṇa spoke—along with Bhīṣma, Kṛpa, and Droṇa’s son—O Bhārata, perceiving that I had fallen into great anxiety and that my faculties were distressed.
english translation
अभिद्रुग्धाः परे चेन्नो न भेतव्यं परंतप । असमर्थाः परे जेतुमस्मान्युधि जनेश्वर॥५-५४-१८॥
Even if the opposing side has acted with hostility toward us, you should not be apprehensive, O subduer of foes. The opponents are not capable of defeating us in strategic engagement, O lord of men.
english translation
एकैकशः समर्थाः स्मो विजेतुं सर्वपार्थिवान् । आगच्छन्तु विनेष्यामो दर्पमेषां शितैः शरैः॥५-५४-१९॥
Each of us, singly, is able to overcome all kings. Let them come; with sharp arrows we shall quell their arrogance.
english translation
पुरैकेन हि भीष्मेण विजिताः सर्वपार्थिवाः । मृते पितर्यभिक्रुद्धो रथेनैकेन भारत॥५-५४-२०॥
Formerly Bhīṣma alone subdued all kings. When his father had died, he—angered—accomplished it with a single chariot, O Bhārata.
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