We shall have to content against, in battle, the foremost of all of all heroes; let such arrangements be made speedily, which are good and approved by the honest so that our properties may not pass into the hands of the enemies. O Kaurava, O emperor, I have never seen a battle in which one party is sure to come off victorious. (Besides) Arjuna has come. When a battle begins there is victory and defeat, prosperity and adversity. Therefore one must have either of the two. I have observed it without doubt.
प्रतियुध्येम समरे सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरम्। तस्माद् यदत्र कल्याणं लोके सिद्धिरनुष्ठितम्। तत् संविधीयतां शीघ्रं मा वो ह्यर्थोऽभ्यगात् परम्।। न हि पश्यामि संग्रामे कदाचिदपि कौरव। एकान्तसिद्धिं राजेन्द्र सम्प्राप्तश्च धनंजयः॥ सम्प्रवृत्ते तु संग्रामे भावाभावौ जयाजयौ। अवश्यमेकं स्पृशतो दृष्टमेतदसंशयम्॥