पार्थ यच् छिक्षितं ते ऽस्त्रं दिव्यं मानुषम् एव च ॥
तद् दर्शय मयि क्षिप्रं यदि जातो ऽसि पाण्डुना ॥
यद् बलं तव वीर्यं च केशवस्य तथैव च ॥
तत् कुरुष्व मयि क्षिप्रं पश्यामस् तव पौरुषम् ॥
अस्मत् परोक्षं कर्माणि प्रवदन्ति कृतानि ते ॥
स्वामिसत्कारयुक्तानि यानि तानीह दर्शय ॥
pārtha yac chikṣitaṃ te 'straṃ divyaṃ mānuṣam eva ca ||
tad darśaya mayi kṣipraṃ yadi jāto 'si pāṇḍunā ||
yad balaṃ tava vīryaṃ ca keśavasya tathaiva ca ||
tat kuruṣva mayi kṣipraṃ paśyāmas tava pauruṣam ||
asmat parokṣaṃ karmāṇi pravadanti kṛtāni te ||
svāmisatkārayuktāni yāni tānīha darśaya ||
"Partha, whatever weapon you have mastered, divine or human, show it on me now, if indeed you were born of Pandu. Whatever strength and valor are yours, and Keshava's as well, display it on me now; let us see your manhood. Behind our backs they speak of deeds accomplished by you, flattering praises for your lord -- whatever they are, show them here."
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The chapter closes with a bold challenge: "Show it on me, if you are truly the son of Pandu." Duryodhana taunts, as if Arjuna's fame were mere flattery, mere rumor spoken behind his back. It is telling that the blinded man throws his challenge at both Arjuna and Keshava together. The verse teaches that pride, walking toward its ruin, taunts as well: it does not believe another's valor, calling it rumor and flattery, and demands proof to its own destruction; and a challenge hurled from arrogance at the Lord Himself and His devotee is the final word of a doomed blindness.