तैर् अहं समरे वीर त्वाम् आयद्भिर् जयैषिभिः ॥
योत्स्यामि जयम् आकाङ्क्षन्न् अथ वा निधनं रणे ॥
पार्थं च वासुदेवं च चक्रगाण्डीवधारिणौ ॥
संध्यागताव् इवार्केन्दू समेष्ये पुरुषोत्तमौ ॥
ये चैव ते रथोदाराः पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैनिकाः ॥
सहसैन्यान् अहं तांश् च प्रतीयां रणमूर्धनि ॥
एते रथाश् चातिरथाश् च तुभ्यं; यथाप्रधानं नृप कीर्तिता मया ॥
तथा राजन्न् अर्धरथाश् च के चित्; तथैव तेषाम् अपि कौरवेन्द्र ॥
अर्जुनं वासुदेवं च ये चान्ये तत्र पार्थिवाः ॥
सर्वान् आवारयिष्यामि यावद् द्रक्ष्यामि भारत ॥
tair ahaṃ samare vīra tvām āyadbhir jayaiṣibhiḥ ||
yotsyāmi jayam ākāṅkṣann atha vā nidhanaṃ raṇe ||
pārthaṃ ca vāsudevaṃ ca cakragāṇḍīvadhāriṇau ||
saṃdhyāgatāv ivārkendū sameṣye puruṣottamau ||
ye caiva te rathodārāḥ pāṇḍuputrasya sainikāḥ ||
sahasainyān ahaṃ tāṃś ca pratīyāṃ raṇamūrdhani ||
ete rathāś cātirathāś ca tubhyaṃ; yathāpradhānaṃ nṛpa kīrtitā mayā ||
tathā rājann ardharathāś ca ke cit; tathaiva teṣām api kauravendra ||
arjunaṃ vāsudevaṃ ca ye cānye tatra pārthivāḥ ||
sarvān āvārayiṣyāmi yāvad drakṣyāmi bhārata ||
When they, O hero, advance upon you in battle desiring victory, I shall fight them, seeking either victory or death in the fray. Partha and Vasudeva, bearers of the Gandiva and the discus -- these two supreme men I shall meet as though meeting the sun and moon at twilight. And those noble charioteers, the warriors of the son of Pandu, I shall meet together with their troops at the forefront of battle. These rathas and atirathas, O king, I have named for you in order of rank; likewise, O lord of the Kauravas, some of their ardharathas too have been named. Arjuna, Vasudeva, and all the other kings who will be there, I shall hold back for as long as I can see, O Bharata.
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Here Bhishma completes his assessment of the Pandava army while at the same time laying bare his own limits. He is ready to meet Arjuna and Krishna, ready to hold back kings and allies, yet he refuses to fight Shikhandin because of his own vow and Shikhandin's former birth as a woman. This limit is not weakness but fidelity to his word: even on the threshold of the great war, Bhishma remains bound by the dharma of his own vow.