Without encountering Bhishma in battle why do you boast? Like that fool who used to boast without ever ascending the Gandhamadana mountain, You too boast in the same way; O son of Kunti, show forth your manliness without boasting. The son of a Suta, excited with great wrath, and that foremost among persons endued with strength namely Shalya and Drona that foremost among men gifted with strength, who all in battle are equal to the Lord of Sachi himself, without defeating in battle all these, how do you desire the kingdom, O son of Pritha?
असमागम्य भीष्मेण संयुगे किं विकत्यसे। आरुरुक्षुर्यथा मन्दः पर्वतं गन्धमादनम्॥ एवं कत्थसि कौन्तेय अकत्थन् पुरुषो भव। सूतपुत्रं सुदुर्धर्षं शल्यं च बलिनां वरम्॥ द्रोणं च बलिनां श्रेष्ठं शचीपतिसमं युधि। अजित्वा संयुगे पार्थ राज्यं कथमिहेच्छसि॥