पितेवास्मान् समाधत्ते यः सदा पार्थिवर्षभः ॥
श्वशुरो द्रुपदो ऽस्माकं सेनाम् अग्रे प्रकर्षतु ॥
स द्रोणभीष्माव् आयान्तौ सहेद् इति मतिर् मम ॥
स हि दिव्यास्त्रविद् राजा सखा चाङ्गिरसो नृपः ॥
माद्रीसुताभ्याम् उक्ते तु स्वमते कुरुनन्दनः ॥
वासविर् वासवसमः सव्यसाच्य् अब्रवीद् वचः ॥
यो ऽयं तपःप्रभावेन ऋषिसंतोषणेन च ॥
दिव्यः पुरुष उत्पन्नो ज्वालावर्णो महाबलः ॥
धनुष्मान् कवची खड्गी रथम् आरुह्य दंशितः ॥
दिव्यैर् हयवरैर् युक्तम् अग्निकुण्डात् समुत्थितः ॥
pitevāsmān samādhatte yaḥ sadā pārthivarṣabhaḥ ||
śvaśuro drupado 'smākaṃ senām agre prakarṣatu ||
sa droṇabhīṣmāv āyāntau sahed iti matir mama ||
sa hi divyāstravid rājā sakhā cāṅgiraso nṛpaḥ ||
mādrīsutābhyām ukte tu svamate kurunandanaḥ ||
vāsavir vāsavasamaḥ savyasācy abravīd vacaḥ ||
yo 'yaṃ tapaḥprabhāvena ṛṣisaṃtoṣaṇena ca ||
divyaḥ puruṣa utpanno jvālāvarṇo mahābalaḥ ||
dhanuṣmān kavacī khaḍgī ratham āruhya daṃśitaḥ ||
divyair hayavarair yuktam agnikuṇḍāt samutthitaḥ ||
"This bull among kings always cares for us like a father. Let our father-in-law Drupada lead our army forth. This is my thought: he will withstand Drona and Bhishma when they advance, for this king knows the divine weapons and is a friend of Angiras." When both sons of Madri had spoken their opinions, the descendant of Kuru, Arjuna, son of Vasava, equal to Indra, Savyasachin, said: "That divine, mighty man who was born by the power of austerity and the satisfaction of the sages, flame-colored, bearing a bow, clad in armor, armed with a sword, mounted upon a chariot yoked with the finest heavenly horses, arose from the sacrificial fire."
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In this chapter the peace negotiations finally give way to the organizing of war. The Pandavas choose their military leader not out of pride but through counsel, experience, and trust in Krishna; their advance toward Kurukshetra is then described as orderly, sacrificially prepared, and surrounded by allies. Dharma shows itself here not as a refusal to act but as the right ordering of an inevitable duty.