तत उद्धर्षयन् सर्वान् धृष्टद्युम्नो ऽभ्यभाषत ॥
अहं द्रोणान्तकः पार्थ विहितः शंभुना पुरा ॥
रणे भीष्मं तथा द्रोणं कृपं शल्यं जयद्रथम् ॥
सर्वान् अद्य रणे दृप्तान् प्रतियोत्स्यामि पार्थिव ॥
अथोत्क्रुष्टं महेष्वासैः पाण्डवैर् युद्धदुर्मदैः ॥
समुद्यते पार्थिवेन्द्रे पार्षते शत्रुसूदने ॥
tata uddharṣayan sarvān dhṛṣṭadyumno 'bhyabhāṣata ||
ahaṃ droṇāntakaḥ pārtha vihitaḥ śaṃbhunā purā ||
raṇe bhīṣmaṃ tathā droṇaṃ kṛpaṃ śalyaṃ jayadratham ||
sarvān adya raṇe dṛptān pratiyotsyāmi pārthiva ||
athotkruṣṭaṃ maheṣvāsaiḥ pāṇḍavair yuddhadurmadaiḥ ||
samudyate pārthivendre pārṣate śatrusūdane ||
Then Dhrishtadyumna, cheering everyone, said: 'I, O Partha, was appointed by Shambhu of old as the end of Drona. Today in battle I shall meet in combat all who are proud: Bhishma, Drona, Kripa, Shalya, and Jayadratha, O king.' When Parshata, destroyer of enemies, had set forth, the Pandavas, great archers unconquerable in battle, raised a loud shout.
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Dhrishtadyumna accepts his fate without hesitation. His birth and appointment are a reminder that in the epic, personal valor works within a deeper design.