प्रस्थाने लोहवद्भावी करिष्ये तं नपुंसकम्
At the departure, I will render him impotent like iron.
ग्रामं चापि गयत्राडं तत्र ख्यातं भविष्यति
And the village called Gayatrāḍa will become famous there.
माघाष्टम्यां न शिष्यंति तस्य सर्वेऽप्युपद्रवाः
On the eighth day of Māgha, all his calamities will not remain.
तेषां पुंस्त्वं हरिष्यामि महारौद्राधितिष्ठति 1.2.65.
I will remove their manhood; the great and terrible one stands firm.
तस्मिन्कलियुगे घोरे रौद्रे रुद्रेऽतिनिर्घृणे
In that dreadful, fierce, and merciless Kali age,
भवत्सु च स्वर्गतेषु गयोऽपि सुमहत्तपः
And when they have gone to heaven, Gaya too will perform great austerity.
गयातीर्थं गतं तं च गयाध्वंसनकाम्यया
Having gone to the sacred place of Gaya, with the desire to destroy Gaya,
इत्थं श्रीमान्पीतवासा अवतीर्य बुधः प्रभुः
Thus, the illustrious, yellow-robed, and wise lord descended.
इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं भविष्यं पांडवा मया
Thus, O Pāṇḍavas, I have briefly spoken to you of what is to come.
इदं तीर्थवरं मह्यं संसेव्यं सर्वदा प्रियम्
This foremost of sacred fords is always dear to me and should be revered.
भीमस्य चापि पौत्रेण दृढं संतोषिताऽस्मि च
And I am truly satisfied by the grandson of Bhīma as well.
व्रजध्वं चापि तीर्थानि यानि वो न कृतानि च
Go now to those sacred places which you have not yet visited.
आपृच्छे चापि वः सर्वान्यूयं कृष्णसमा मम
I take leave of you all, who are equal to Kṛṣṇa in my eyes.
पुनःपुनः प्रणम्यैनां नापश्यन्दीपवद्गताम् ।। 1.2.65.
Again and again, bowing to her, I do not see her as one who has departed like a lamp gone out.
ततस्ते बर्बरीकं च संस्थाप्यात्रैव निष्ठितम्
Then they established Barbarīka here, to remain in this very place.
उपप्लवे संगतेषु सर्वराजसु पांडवाः
When all the kings had gathered at Upaplava, the Pāṇḍavas—
योद्धुमागत्य संतस्थुः कुरुक्षेत्रं महारथाः
—came to fight and stood firm at Kurukṣetra, those great chariot-warriors.
ततो भीष्मेण प्रोक्तां च नरैः श्रुत्वा युधिष्ठिरः
Then, having heard what was spoken by Bhīṣma and by the men, Yudhiṣṭhira—
भीष्मेण विहिता कृष्ण रथातिरथवर्णना
—heard from Bhīṣma the description of the foremost chariot-warriors, as ordained by Kṛṣṇa.
ससैन्यान्पांडवानेतान्हन्यात्कालेन केन कः
Who, by fate, will destroy the Pāṇḍavas and their armies, and by whom, and when?
पक्षं द्रोणेन चाह्नां च दशभिर्द्रौणिना रणे
Droṇa will destroy a division in ten days, and Drauni in battle likewise.
तदहं स्वांश्च पृच्छामि केन कालेन हंति कः
Therefore I ask about my own side as well: by whom, and at what time, will they be slain?
अयुक्तमेतद्भीष्माद्यैः प्रतिज्ञातं युधिष्ठिर
This, O Yudhiṣṭhira, which was promised by Bhīṣma and the others, is not appropriate.
तवापि ये संति नृपाः सन्नद्धा रणसंस्थिताः
And the kings who are with you, armed and standing ready for battle—
द्रुपदं च विराटं च धृष्टकेतुं च कैकयम् 1.2.66.
—Drupada, Virāṭa, Dhṛṣṭaketu, and the king of the Kaikeyas—
धृष्टद्युम्नं सपुत्रं च महावीर्यं घटोत्कचम्
—Dhṛṣṭadyumna and his son, and the mighty Ghaṭotkaca—
मन्येहमेकस्त्वेतेषां हन्यात्कौरववाहिनीम्
I think that even one among these could destroy the Kaurava army.
तेभ्यो भयं न कार्यं ते फल्गवोऽमी मृगा इव
There is no need to fear them; these Phalguvas are like deer.
अस्माकं धनुषां घोषैरिदानीमेव भारत
Now, O Bhārata, by the sounds of our bows—
वृद्धाद्भीष्माद्द्विजाद्वृद्धाद्द्रोणादपि कृपादपि
—from the aged Bhīṣma, from the venerable Droṇa, and even from Kṛpa—