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सत्यव्रते पुरुमित्रे भूरिश्रवसि वा पुनः । अन्येषु वा तावकेषु भारं कृत्वा समाह्वये॥५-५७-११॥
Or again, upon Satyavrata, Purumitra, or Bhūriśravas; or upon other men of your side—having placed the burden there, I would then issue the challenge.
english translation
अहं च तात कर्णश्च रणयज्ञं वितत्य वै । युधिष्ठिरं पशुं कृत्वा दीक्षितौ भरतर्षभ॥५-५७-१२॥
Father, Karṇa and I, having duly set forth the “sacrifice” of battle, shall undertake it as consecrated initiates—making Yudhiṣṭhira the appointed offering, O bull among the Bhāratas.
english translation
रथो वेदी स्रुवः खड्गो गदा स्रुक्कवचं सदः । चातुर्होत्रं च धुर्या मे शरा दर्भा हविर्यशः॥५-५७-१३॥
My chariot is the altar; my sword the ladle; my mace the offering-spoon; my armor the ritual enclosure. My charioteers are the four priests; my arrows are the kuśa-grass; and my oblation is fame.
english translation
आत्मयज्ञेन नृपते इष्ट्वा वैवस्वतं रणे । विजित्य स्वयमेष्यावो हतामित्रौ श्रिया वृतौ॥५-५७-१४॥
O king, having offered the self in combat—by a sacrifice of one’s own being—and thereby worshipped Vaivasvata (Yama), we shall return of our own accord after victory: our foes slain, and encompassed by śrī, prosperity.
english translation
अहं च तात कर्णश्च भ्राता दुःशासनश्च मे । एते वयं हनिष्यामः पाण्डवान्समरे त्रयः॥५-५७-१५॥
Father, Karṇa and I, and my brother Duḥśāsana—these three of us will slay the Pāṇḍavas in battle.
english translation