द्रोणं च द्रोणपुत्रं च कृपं चाथ सुयोधनम् ॥
चित्रसेनं विकर्णं च सैन्धवं च जयद्रथम् ॥
विन्दानुविन्दाव् आवन्त्यौ काम्बोजं च सुदक्षिणम् ॥
भगदत्तं तथा शूरं मागधं च महारथम् ॥
सौमदत्तिं रणे शूरम् आर्श्यशृङ्गिं च राक्षसम् ॥
त्रिगर्तराजं च रणे सह सर्वैर् महारथैः ॥
अहम् आवारयिष्यामि वेलेव मकरालयम् ॥
कुरूंश् च सहितान् सर्वान् ये चैषां सैनिकाः स्थिताः ॥
निवारयिष्यामि रणे साधयस्व पितामहम् ॥
droṇaṃ ca droṇaputraṃ ca kṛpaṃ cātha suyodhanam ||
citrasenaṃ vikarṇaṃ ca saindhavaṃ ca jayadratham ||
vindānuvindāv āvantyau kāmbojaṃ ca sudakṣiṇam ||
bhagadattaṃ tathā śūraṃ māgadhaṃ ca mahāratham ||
saumadattiṃ raṇe śūram ārśyaśṛṅgiṃ ca rākṣasam ||
trigartarājaṃ ca raṇe saha sarvair mahārathaiḥ ||
aham āvārayiṣyāmi veleva makarālayam ||
kurūṃś ca sahitān sarvān ye caiṣāṃ sainikāḥ sthitāḥ ||
nivārayiṣyāmi raṇe sādhayasva pitāmaham ||
'Drona and Drona's son, Kripa and Suyodhana, Chitrasena and Vikarna, Saindhava Jayadratha, the two Avanti brothers Vinda and Anuvinda, Sudakshina the Kambojan, the brave Bhagadatta, the mahāratha from Magadha, the brave Saumadatti in battle, the rakshasa Arshyashringa, the king of the Trigartas, and all the great chariot-warriors — I shall hold them back, as the shore holds back the ocean. And all the assembled Kurus, and their soldiers standing there, I shall stop in battle; you, slay the grandfather.'
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Arjuna lists the forces he takes upon himself so that Shikhandi can carry out his part. The plan is simple: each one bears his own burden, and only in this way does the turn of the battle become possible.