Why do you wish to fight, О fool of little understanding, with me in the midst of this army of elephants, this army composed of various races and which in battle is as incapable of being crossed over as the waves of the Ganga.
नानाजनौघं युधि सम्प्रवृद्धं गाङ्गं यथा वेगपारणीयम्। मां च स्थितं नागबलस्य मध्ये युयुत्ससे मन्द किमल्पबुद्धे॥