आयुष्मन् कतरेण त्वा प्रापयामि धनंजयम् ॥
केषां क्रुद्धो ऽसि वार्ष्णेय केषां मृत्युर् उपस्थितः ॥
केषां संयमनीम् अद्य गन्तुम् उत्सहते मनः ॥
के त्वां युधि पराक्रान्तं कालान्तकयमोपमम् ॥
दृष्ट्वा विक्रमसंपन्नं विद्रविष्यन्ति संयुगे ॥
केषां वैवस्वतो राजा स्मरते ऽद्य महाभुज ॥
āyuṣman katareṇa tvā prāpayāmi dhanaṃjayam ||
keṣāṃ kruddho 'si vārṣṇeya keṣāṃ mṛtyur upasthitaḥ ||
keṣāṃ saṃyamanīm adya gantum utsahate manaḥ ||
ke tvāṃ yudhi parākrāntaṃ kālāntakayamopamam ||
dṛṣṭvā vikramasaṃpannaṃ vidraviṣyanti saṃyuge ||
keṣāṃ vaivasvato rājā smarate 'dya mahābhuja ||
"O long-lived one, by which [army] shall I bring you to Dhananjaya? [At] whom are you angered, O descendant of Vrishni, [for] whom has death arrived? Who, seeing you, valiant in battle, like Time, the Ender, Yama, endowed with valor, will flee in battle?"
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The charioteer asks not "shall we prevail," but "upon whom has death come": his question already proceeds from certain victory. It is telling that faith transforms the very manner of speech -- he speaks of enemies as already doomed. The verse teaches that reliance on a worthy lord gives rise to a confidence that shapes speech itself: one who has firmly entrusted himself to the strong no longer thinks of his own safety but of the inevitable fate of his foes.