04043001a sarvAn AyuSmato bhItAn sanMtrastAn iva lakSaye 'karNa said, 'I behold all these blessed ones, looking as if alarmed and panic-struck
04043001c ayuddhamanasaz caiva sarvAMz caivAnavasthitAn and unresolved and unwilling to fight.
04043002a yady eSa rAjA matsyAnAM yadi bIbhatsur AgataH If he that is come is the king of the matsyas or bIbhatsu,
04043002c aham AvArayiSyAmi veleva makarAlayam even I will resist him as the banks resist the swelling sea.
04043003a mama cApapramuktAnAM zarANAnM nataparvaNAm For the straight-sided flying arrows shot from my bow
04043003c nAvRttir gacchatAm asti sarpANAm iva sarpatAm there is no going back, like for advancing snakes.
04043004a rukmapuGkhAsH sutIkSNAgrA muktA hastavatA mayA Discharged by my light hands, these keen-edged arrows furnished with golden wings
04043004c chAdayantu zarAH pArthaM zalabhA iva pAdapam shall cover pArtha all over, like locusts shrouding a tree.
04043005a zarANAmM puGkhasaktAnAmM maurvyAbhihatayA dRDham Strongly pressed by these winged arrows, the bow-string will cause these my leathern fences to produce sounds
04043005c zrUyatAnM talayozH zabdo bheryor Ahatayor iva that will be heard to resemble those of a couple of kettle-drums.
04043006a samAhito hi bIbhatsur varSANy aSTau ca paJca ca Having been engaged in ascetic austerities for the (last) eight and five years,
04043006c jAtasnehaz ca yuddhasya mayi samMprahariSyati bIbhatsu will strike me but mildly in this conflict,
04043007a pAtrIbhUtaz ca kaunteyo brAhmaNo guNavAn iva and the son of kuntI having become a brAhmaNa endued with good qualities,
04043007c zaraughAn pratigRhNAtu mayA muktAn sahasrazaH hath thus become a fit person to quietly receive shafts by thousands shot by me.
04043008a eSa caiva maheSvAsas triSu lokeSu vizrutaH This mighty bowman is indeed, celebrated over the three worlds.
04043008c ahaJM cApi kuruzreSThA arjunAn nAvaraH kva cit I, too, am, by no means, inferior to arjuna, that foremost of human beings.
04043009a itaz cetaz ca nirmuktaiH kAJcanair gArdhravAjitaiH With golden arrows furnished with vulturine wings shot on all sides,
04043009c dRzyatAm adya vai vyoma khadyotair iva saMvRtam let the firmament seem today to swarm with fire-flies.
04043010a adyAham RNam akSayyamM purA vAcA pratizrutam I will discharge today that debt, difficult of repayments,
04043010c dhArtarASTrasya dAsyAmi nihatya samare 'rjunam but promised of old by me unto dhRtarASTra's son, by slaying arjuna in battle.
