One day before this when I had finished my prayers a certain Brahmana said to me, after my getting up from the water, these pleasing words-A difficult task will have to be performed by you, O son of Pritha, O Savyasachin, you will have to fight with your enemies.
पूर्वाह्ने मां कृतजप्यं कदाचिद् विप्रः प्रोवाचोदकान्ते मनोज्ञम्। कर्तव्यं ते दुष्करं कर्म पार्थ योद्धव्यं ते शत्रुभिः सव्यसाचिन्॥