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मत्प्रियं पार्थिवाः सर्वे ये चिकीर्षन्ति भारत । ते तानावारयिष्यन्ति ऐणेयानिव तन्तुना ॥५-५६-४१॥
O descendant of Bharata, all those kings who wish to do what is pleasing to me will try to restrain them; but it will be like trying to hold back wild antelopes with a mere thread.
english translation
महता रथवंशेन शरजालैश्च मामकैः । अभिद्रुता भविष्यन्ति पाञ्चालाः पाण्डवैः सह॥५-५६-४२॥
With a vast formation of chariots and with networks of arrows deployed by my forces, the Pāñcālas together with the Pāṇḍavas will be driven into close engagement.
english translation
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । उन्मत्त इव मे पुत्रो विलपत्येष संजय । न हि शक्तो युधा जेतुं धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम्॥५-५६-४३॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: My son laments as if deranged, O Sañjaya; for he is not able to defeat Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira in battle.
english translation
जानाति हि सदा भीष्मः पाण्डवानां यशस्विनाम् । बलवत्तां सपुत्राणां धर्मज्ञानां महात्मनाम्॥५-५६-४४॥
For Bhīṣma always knows the stature of the illustrious Pāṇḍavas—powerful, with their sons, learned in dharma, and high-minded.
english translation
यतो नारोचयमहं विग्रहं तैर्महात्मभिः । किं तु संजय मे ब्रूहि पुनस्तेषां विचेष्टितम्॥५-५६-४५॥
Therefore I did not approve of hostility with those high-minded men. Yet, O Sañjaya, tell me again of their actions and intentions.
english translation