तत् तु दुर्योधनः श्रुत्वा मन्त्रिभिर् मन्त्रयिष्यति ॥
यथा जयद्रथं पार्थो न हन्याद् इति संयुगे ॥
अक्षौहिण्यो हि ताः सर्वा रक्षिष्यन्ति जयद्रथम् ॥
द्रोणश् च सह पुत्रेण सर्वास्त्रविधिपारगः ॥
एको वीरः सहस्राक्षो दैत्यदानवमर्दिता ॥
सो ऽपि तं नोत्सहेताजौ हन्तुं द्रोणेन रक्षितम् ॥
tat tu duryodhanaḥ śrutvā mantribhir mantrayiṣyati ||
yathā jayadrathaṃ pārtho na hanyād iti saṃyuge ||
akṣauhiṇyo hi tāḥ sarvā rakṣiṣyanti jayadratham ||
droṇaś ca saha putreṇa sarvāstravidhipāragaḥ ||
eko vīraḥ sahasrākṣo daityadānavamarditā ||
so 'pi taṃ notsahetājau hantuṃ droṇena rakṣitam ||
"And Duryodhana, having heard this, will take counsel with his ministers as to how Partha might not slay Jayadratha in battle. For all those akshauhinis will guard Jayadratha, and Drona together with his son, perfectly versed in every weapon. Even a single hero, the thousand-eyed one [Indra], crusher of daityas and danavas — even he would not dare in battle to slay one guarded by Drona."
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Krishna soberly measures the obstacle: eleven akshauhinis, Drona with his son, "sarvāstravidhipāragaḥ" — and one guarded by them, "sahasrākṣaḥ api na utsaheta," even Indra himself would not dare touch. It is telling that the Lord does not minimize the difficulty even alone with His charioteer: He sees it in its full magnitude — and precisely for that reason takes up the task Himself. The verse teaches that faith is not blind to obstacles: God sees them more clearly than anyone, and trust in Him is firm not because the difficulty is small, but because the One who takes up the task is He for whom even the impossible is possible.