Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17


Sanskrit:

प्राणग्लहोऽयं समर इष्वक्षो वाहनासन: ।अत्र न ज्ञायतेऽमुष्य जयोऽमुष्य पराजय: ॥ १७ ॥

ITRANS:

prāṇa-glaho ’yaṁ samaraiṣv-akṣo vāhanāsanaḥatra na jñāyate ’muṣyajayo ’muṣya parājayaḥ

Translation:

O my enemy, consider this battle a gambling match in which our lives are the stakes, the arrows are the dice, and the animals acting as carriers are the game board. No one can understand who will be defeated and who will be victorious. It all depends on providence.

Purport: