Knowing my own strength as well as that of Pandava I have challenged him in battle, O Shalya, I shall not fall into fire like an insect.
एवमेवात्मनो वीर्यमहं वीर्यं च पाण्डवे। जाननेवाह्वये युद्धे शल्य गाण्डीवधारिणम्॥