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ततस् तान् सायकान् सर्वान् द्रोणमुक्तान् सहस्रशः ॥
चिच्छेद समरे वीरस् तद् अद्भुतम् इवाभवत् ॥
छित्त्वा च ताञ् शरान् राजा क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः ॥
शक्तिं जग्राह समरे गिरीणाम् अपि दारणीम् ॥
स्वर्णदण्डां महाघोराम् अष्टघण्टां भयावहाम् ॥
समुत्क्षिप्य च तां हृष्टो ननाद बलवद् बली ॥
नादेन सर्वभूतानि त्रासयन्न् इव भारत ॥
tatas tān sāyakān sarvān droṇamuktān sahasraśaḥ ||
ciccheda samare vīras tad adbhutam ivābhavat ||
chittvā ca tāñ śarān rājā krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ ||
śaktiṃ jagrāha samare girīṇām api dāraṇīm ||
svarṇadaṇḍāṃ mahāghorām aṣṭaghaṇṭāṃ bhayāvahām ||
samutkṣipya ca tāṃ hṛṣṭo nanāda balavad balī ||
nādena sarvabhūtāni trāsayann iva bhārata ||
"Then all those arrows, loosed by Drona by the thousands, the hero cut down in battle — this became like a wonder. And having cut those arrows, the king, his eyes red with fury, seized in the battle a spear capable of rending even mountains. And having brandished it, exultant, the mighty one roared mightily, as though terrifying all beings with that roar, O Bharata."
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He whom all had already counted dead answers with "tat adbhutam," a wonder of endurance: cutting down thousands of arrows and himself raising a mountain-splitting spear. It is telling that even the gentlest Yudhishthira, driven to the edge, blazes forth "krodhasaṃraktalocana," with eyes reddened by fury. The verse teaches that the limit of calamity awakens in the righteous a dormant power: he who was thought broken rises most terrible of all, for the patient man, driven to the brink, reveals a strength no one expected.