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दुर्योधन उवाच । अक्षौहिणीः सप्त लब्ध्वा राजभिः सह संजय । किं स्विदिच्छति कौन्तेयो युद्धप्रेप्सुर्युधिष्ठिरः॥५-५५-१॥
Duryodhana said: O Sañjaya, having obtained seven akṣauhiṇīs together with allied kings, what indeed does Yudhiṣṭhira, Kuntī’s son, desire, intent upon a strategic engagement?
english translation
संजय उवाच । अतीव मुदितो राजन्युद्धप्रेप्सुर्युधिष्ठिरः । भीमसेनार्जुनौ चोभौ यमावपि न बिभ्यतः॥५-५५-२॥
Sañjaya said: O king, Yudhiṣṭhira is exceedingly confident, intent on a strategic engagement; and both Bhīmasena and Arjuna—as well as the twin sons—are not apprehensive.
english translation
रथं तु दिव्यं कौन्तेयः सर्वा विभ्राजयन्दिशः । मन्त्रं जिज्ञासमानः सन्बीभत्सुः समयोजयत्॥५-५५-३॥
But the son of Kuntī—Bībhatsu—made ready a divine chariot that lit up all the quarters; and, intent on understanding the proper mantra, he set it in order.
english translation
तमपश्याम संनद्धं मेघं विद्युत्प्रभं यथा । स मन्त्रान्समभिध्याय हृष्यमाणोऽभ्यभाषत॥५-५५-४॥
We saw him fully armed, like a cloud radiant with lightning. Having pondered the mantras, he spoke with unmistakable exhilaration.
english translation
पूर्वरूपमिदं पश्य वयं जेष्याम संजय । बीभत्सुर्मां यथोवाच तथावैम्यहमप्युत॥५-५५-५॥
“Behold this as a foretoken of what is to come: we shall prevail, O Sañjaya.” Just as Bībhatsu told me, so do I understand it as well.
english translation