यमदूतसमान् वेगे निपाते पावकोपमान् ॥
रामेणाजौ विषहितान् वज्रनिष्पेषदारुणान् ॥
पुरुषं तं न पश्यामि यः सहेत महाव्रतम् ॥
धृष्टद्युम्नम् ऋते राजन्न् इति मे धीयते मतिः ॥
क्षिप्रहस्तश् चित्रयोधी मतः सेनापतिर् मम ॥
अभेद्यकवचः श्रीमान् मातङ्ग इव यूथपः ॥
भीम उवाच
वधार्थं यः समुत्पन्नः शिखण्डी द्रुपदात्मजः ॥
वदन्ति सिद्धा राजेन्द्र ऋषयश् च समागताः ॥
यस्य संग्राममध्येषु दिव्यम् अस्त्रं विकुर्वतः ॥
रूपं द्रक्ष्यन्ति पुरुषा रामस्येव महात्मनः ॥
yamadūtasamān vege nipāte pāvakopamān ||
rāmeṇājau viṣahitān vajraniṣpeṣadāruṇān ||
puruṣaṃ taṃ na paśyāmi yaḥ saheta mahāvratam ||
dhṛṣṭadyumnam ṛte rājann iti me dhīyate matiḥ ||
kṣiprahastaś citrayodhī mataḥ senāpatir mama ||
abhedyakavacaḥ śrīmān mātaṅga iva yūthapaḥ ||
bhīma uvāca
vadhārthaṃ yaḥ samutpannaḥ śikhaṇḍī drupadātmajaḥ ||
vadanti siddhā rājendra ṛṣayaś ca samāgatāḥ ||
yasya saṃgrāmamadhyeṣu divyam astraṃ vikurvataḥ ||
rūpaṃ drakṣyanti puruṣā rāmasyeva mahātmanaḥ ||
"They are like the messengers of Yama in speed, like fire when they strike, endured by Rama in battle and dreadful as the crushing of the thunderbolt. I do not see a man in battle who could withstand the great-vowed Bhishma, O king, save Dhrishtadyumna: such is my thought. Swift-handed, a warrior of varied skill, in impenetrable armor, glorious, like the leader of a herd of elephants, he in my opinion deserves to be the commander." Bhima said: "Shikhandin, son of Drupada, was born for the purpose of slaying Bhishma: so say the siddhas, O lord of kings, and the assembled rishis. Men will behold his form in the thick of battle when he displays the divine weapon, like that of the great Rama."
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In this chapter the peace negotiations finally give way to the organizing of war. The Pandavas choose their military leader not out of pride but through counsel, experience, and trust in Krishna; their advance toward Kurukshetra is then described as orderly, sacrificially prepared, and surrounded by allies. Dharma shows itself here not as a refusal to act but as the right ordering of an inevitable duty.