अधर्मज्ञो नित्यवैरी पापबुद्धिर् नृशंसकृत् ॥
सत्यां प्रतिज्ञां नचिराद् रक्ष्यसे तां सुयोधन ॥
अभिमानस्य दर्पस्य क्रोधपारुष्ययोस् तथा ॥
नैष्ठुर्यस्यावलेपस्य आत्मसंभावनस्य च ॥
नृशंसतायास् तैक्ष्ण्यस्य धर्मविद्वेषणस्य च ॥
अधर्मस्यातिवादस्य वृद्धातिक्रमणस्य च ॥
दर्शनस्य च वक्रस्य कृत्स्नस्यापनयस्य च ॥
द्रक्ष्यसि त्वं फलं तीव्रम् अचिरेण सुयोधन ॥
वासुदेवद्वितीये हि मयि क्रुद्धे नराधिप ॥
आशा ते जीविते मूढ राज्ये वा केन हेतुना ॥
adharmajño nityavairī pāpabuddhir nṛśaṃsakṛt ||
satyāṃ pratijñāṃ nacirād rakṣyase tāṃ suyodhana ||
abhimānasya darpasya krodhapāruṣyayos tathā ||
naiṣṭhuryasyāvalepasya ātmasaṃbhāvanasya ca ||
nṛśaṃsatāyās taikṣṇyasya dharmavidveṣaṇasya ca ||
adharmasyātivādasya vṛddhātikramaṇasya ca ||
darśanasya ca vakrasya kṛtsnasyāpanayasya ca ||
drakṣyasi tvaṃ phalaṃ tīvram acireṇa suyodhana ||
vāsudevadvitīye hi mayi kruddhe narādhipa ||
āśā te jīvite mūḍha rājye vā kena hetunā ||
"Tomorrow Suyodhana will learn the worth of boastful words, when he sees his grandfather struck down by my net of arrows. And as for what was said in the assembly, when your brother Duhshasana, a short-sighted man, was addressed by the enraged Bhimasena — O Suyodhana, you will soon see that true vow fulfilled against him: against one ignorant of dharma, an eternal foe, evil of mind and cruel in his deeds. Soon you will see the bitter fruit of arrogance, of pride, of anger and harshness, of cruelty and insolence, of self-aggrandizement, of mercilessness and sharpness, of hatred for dharma, of unrighteousness and insolence, of transgression against elders, of a crooked gaze, and of all evil conduct."
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Arjuna answers not on the level of insult but on the level of the kshatriya standard: a man relies on his own strength, not on hiding behind another's. His decisive blow strikes at the very foundation of Duryodhana's confidence: Bhishma, on whose might that confidence rests, will fall first. After the words of Krishna and Arjuna, war becomes an inevitable morning's business, and the order to stand ready already sounds like the opening of battle.