Virata Parva 52.10
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Virata Parva Chapter 52 · Verse 10
Sanskrit Original
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॥
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.