Shloka 17
Udyoga Parva 21 — Bhīṣma’s Conciliatory Counsel, Karṇa’s Rebuttal, and Dhṛtarāṣṭra Sends Sañjaya (भीष्म-कर्ण-विवादः; संजय-प्रेषणम्)
बहुशो जीयमानस्य कर्म दृष्टं तदैव ते । न चेदेवं करिष्यामो यदयं ब्राह्मणो5ब्रवीत् । ध्रुवं युधि हतास्तेन भक्षयिष्याम पांसुकान्,तेरा पराक्रम तो उसी समय देखा गया था, जब कि अनेक बार उनके सामने जाकर तुझे परास्त होना पड़ा। इन ब्राह्मणदेवताने जो कुछ कहा है, यदि हमलोग तदनुसार कार्य नहीं करेंगे तो यह निश्चय है कि युद्धमें पाण्डुनन्दन अर्जुनके हाथसे आहत होकर हमें धूल खानी पड़ेगी
bahuśo jīyamānasya karma dṛṣṭaṃ tadaiva te | na ced evaṃ kariṣyāmo yad ayaṃ brāhmaṇo 'bravīt | dhruvaṃ yudhi hatās tena bhakṣayiṣyāma pāṃsukān ||
Bhīṣma said: “Your prowess was seen at that very time—when, again and again, you were forced to retreat after being defeated in his presence. If we do not act in accordance with what this brahman has declared, then it is certain that, struck down by him in battle, we shall be made to eat dust.”
भीष्म उवाच