क्रोधस् तेजश् च तपसा संभृतो ऽऽश्रमवासिना ॥
द्रोणेनानुगृहीतश् च दिव्यैर् अस्त्रैर् उदारधीः ॥
दोषस् त्व् अस्य महान् एको येनैष भरतर्षभ ॥
न मे रथो नातिरथो मतः पार्थिवसत्तम ॥
जीवितं प्रियम् अत्यर्थम् आयुष्कामः सदा द्विजः ॥
न ह्य् अस्य सदृशः कश् चिद् उभयोः सेनयोर् अपि ॥
हन्याद् एकरथेनैव देवानाम् अपि वाहिनीम् ॥
वपुष्मांस् तलघोषेण स्फोटयेद् अपि पर्वतान् ॥
असंख्येयगुणो वीरः प्रहर्ता दारुणद्युतिः ॥
दण्डपाणिर् इवासह्यः कालवत् प्रचरिष्यति ॥
krodhas tejaś ca tapasā saṃbhṛto ''śramavāsinā ||
droṇenānugṛhītaś ca divyair astrair udāradhīḥ ||
doṣas tv asya mahān eko yenaiṣa bharatarṣabha ||
na me ratho nātiratho mataḥ pārthivasattama ||
jīvitaṃ priyam atyartham āyuṣkāmaḥ sadā dvijaḥ ||
na hy asya sadṛśaḥ kaś cid ubhayoḥ senayor api ||
hanyād ekarathenaiva devānām api vāhinīm ||
vapuṣmāṃs talaghoṣeṇa sphoṭayed api parvatān ||
asaṃkhyeyaguṇo vīraḥ prahartā dāruṇadyutiḥ ||
daṇḍapāṇir ivāsahyaḥ kālavat pracariṣyati ||
His anger and radiance were gathered by austerity while he dwelt in the ashram; magnanimous, he was blessed by Drona with divine weapons. But he has one great flaw, because of which, O best of the Bharatas, I do not consider him either a ratha or an atiratha, O best lord of the earth: this twice-born man holds life too dear, and always desires long life. And yet in both armies there is no one equal to him. Alone on a chariot he could slay even the army of the gods; of splendid body, he could split mountains with the clap of his hands. A hero of countless virtues, a fierce striker of terrible radiance, unbearable as one bearing a rod, he will move like Time itself.
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Bhishma goes on to weigh not only the warriors' strength but the limits of that strength. Ashvatthaman is nearly boundless in weaponry, yet his attachment to life makes any reckoning of him uncertain; Drona is capable of destroying entire armies, yet his love for Arjuna restrains his hand. In this way the roster of ratha warriors becomes not a dry military ledger but a map of inner knots: valor, attachment, old pacts, past enmity, and personal debts all enter the battle together with the weapons.