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Do not act like eunuchs. The fight has hardly begun. While I am still standing, and while Bhīṣma and Droṇa are our leaders, how will we not gain victory?

“O scion of the Kuru race, I do not consider the Pāṇḍavas to be a match for you. O King, you should have told me before the battle began that you would not fight the Pāṇḍavas. O best of men, if I do not deserve to have you abandon me, then fight to the utmost of your power.”

It seemed that even Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa together could not check Bhīṣma when he fought with fury. And he would not have been fighting, so his strength would be fresh.

“O King, have I not told you on so many occasions that the Pāṇḍavas are invincible?

Others who lay dying called out to their loved ones, “O Father, O Brother, O Uncle, do not abandon me

The elephant warriors could not approach this circling firebrand.