Bhima said : O great king, being mortal and unsubstantial as froth, unstable as fruit and dependant on time, how can you consider of any avail your having made an agreement in respect of Time, which is infinite and immeasurable, which passes as quickly as an arrow or a stream, carrying everything before it like death itself?

O son of Kunti, how can he wait whose life is shortened every moment, as a quantity of collyrium is lessened each time, a grain is taken up by the needle?

Only he whose life has no limit or he who knows with certainty what the period of his life (really) is or he who knows the future as if it were placed before his eyes can wait for the arrival of (a certain fixed) time.

O king, if we wait for thirteen years, that period of time will shorten our lives and bring us nearer to death.

Wealth is ever established in every creature having corporeal body. Therefore we should try to get possession of our kingdom before we meet with death.

He who fails to achieve fame by not chastising his enemies is like a thing unclean. He is an useless burden of the earth as a brute is and perishes with ignominy.

The man, who being destitute of strength and courage, fails to chastise his enemies lives in vain. I consider such a man as low-born.

Your hand can shower gold; your fame spreads over the whole earth. Therefore, killing your enemies in battle, enjoy the wealth acquired by the strength of your arms.

O king, O chastiser of foes, if a man goes to hell on the very day he kills his injurer, that hell at once becomes heaven to him.

The pain that one feels in suppressing his anger is more burning than fire itself. I burn with it even now and I cannot sleep either in the night or in the day.

This son of Pritha, Vivatsu (Arjuna) is foremost in drawing the bow-string. He is certainly much aggrieved, though he lives (quietly) like a lion in its den.

This one (Arjuna) who desires to kill all the wielders of bow of the world without any body's) help, suppresses his wrath within his breast like a great elephant.

Nakula, Sahadeva, the old mother of heroes (Kunti) are all sitting like dumb people in order to please you.

All our friends with the Srinjayas wish to , please you. Only I and the mother of Prativindhya, (Draupadi) are greatly aggrieved.

And speak to you. Whatever I speak is (surely) agreeable to them all, for they plunged in great affliction eagerly wish for the battle.

O king, what greater calamity would befall us than that our kingdom should be snatched away from us and enjoyed by weak and contemptible foes!

O chastiser of foes, (only) from the weakness of your character you feel shame to violate the pledge you made. But O king, none praises you for your this kindly disposition.

O king, your intellect cannot see the truth like that of a foolish and ignorant man, though of high birth, who has committed to memory the Vedas without understanding them. sons

You are kind as a Brahmana; how have you been born in the Kshatriya order? Those born in it (the Kshatriya order) are generally crooked-minded.

You have heard the duties of kings told by Manu, they are fraught with crookedness and unfairness, they are perfectly opposed to peace and virtue. O great king, why do you then forgive the wicked-minded of Dhritarashtra. O foremost of men, why are you silent in performing your duties being a man of ' high birth?

O son of Kunti, who wishes to conceal the Himalayas by means of a handful of grass.

Known as you are all over the world, you will hardly be able to live unknown and undiscovered. O son of Pritha, the sun can never pass through the sky unknown to men.

A large tree with spreading branches; flowers and with leaves in a well watered place (can never remain hidden). Nor can the Airavat (Indra's elephant). How will Jishnu (Arjuna) be able to live undiscovered and unknown?

How will these lion-like young children, together with the two brothers. Nakula and Sahadeva, O son of Pritha, be able to live in secrecy?

The mother of heroes, the princess Draupadi of virtuous deeds. O son of Pritha, how will this Krishna be able to live undiscovered and unknown?

O king, all the people know me from my childhood. I do not see how I shall be able to live undiscovered and unknown. The Meru (mountains) might as well be concealed!

Then again many kings have been driven away from their kingdoms. These kings and princes will all follow the wicked son of Dhritarashtra. For robbed and exiled by us, they cannot be friendly towards us.

They will certainly seek to injure us with the desire of doing good to him (Duryodhana); and they will certainly set against us many spies in disguise. If they discover us and report it, a great calamity will (then) befall us.

We have already lived in the forest for full thirteen months. Consider them for their length as full thirteen years.

The wise men have said that a month is (but) a substitute for a year, as Pritika is considered as a substitute for the Soma.

O king, (if you violate the pledge) you may free yourself from its sin by offering good food to a well-conducted bull which carries sacred burdens.

O king, therefore make up your mind to kill your enemies. There is no virtue higher to a Kshatriya than battle.