Therefore let Vibhatsu armed with weapons and excreting in battle to the best of his abilities and wielding his excellent bow, overthrow me in battle, placing (this Shikhandin or) any one else before him. Thus victory will be yours with certainty. O foremost of kings, O you of chaste vows, do as I tell you. Then you shall be able to slay in battle all the Dhritarashtra assembled together.
आत्तशस्त्रो रणे यत्तो गृहीतवरकार्मुकः। मां पातयतु बीभत्सुरेवं तव जयो ध्रुवम्॥ एतत् कुरुष्व कौन्तेय यथोक्तं मम सुव्रत। संग्रामे धार्तराष्ट्रांश्च हन्याः सर्वान् समागतान्॥