Making up your mind for battle encounter all the car-warriors. O foremost of car-warriors, five hundred most excellent, powerful and energetic, car-warriors, five thousand elephants, ten thousand horses and ten lakhs foot-soldiers, protecting one another coming against you in a battle-field. as are
आर्यां युद्धे मति कृत्वा प्रत्येहि रथयूथपम्। पञ्च ह्येतानि मुख्यानि स्थानां रथसत्तम॥ शतान्यायान्ति समरे बलिनां तिग्मतेजसाम्। पञ्च नागसहस्राणि द्विगुणा वाजिनस्तथा॥ अभिसंहत्य कौन्तेयं पदातिप्रयुतानि च।