वृन्दारकः सुहस्तश् च सुषेणो दीर्घलोचनः ॥
अभयो रौद्रकर्मा च सुवर्मा दुर्विमोचनः ॥
विविधै रथिनां श्रेष्ठाः सह सैन्यैः सहानुगैः ॥
संयत्ताः समरे शूरा भीमसेनम् उपाद्रवन् ॥
तान् समीक्ष्य तु कौन्तेयो भीमसेनः पराक्रमी ॥
अभ्यवर्तत वेगेन सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगान् इव ॥
ते महास्त्राणि दिव्यानि तत्र वीरा अदर्शयन् ॥
वारयन्तः शरैर् भीमं मेघाः सूर्यम् इवोदितम् ॥
vṛndārakaḥ suhastaś ca suṣeṇo dīrghalocanaḥ ||
abhayo raudrakarmā ca suvarmā durvimocanaḥ ||
vividhai rathināṃ śreṣṭhāḥ saha sainyaiḥ sahānugaiḥ ||
saṃyattāḥ samare śūrā bhīmasenam upādravan ||
tān samīkṣya tu kaunteyo bhīmasenaḥ parākramī ||
abhyavartata vegena siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgān iva ||
te mahāstrāṇi divyāni tatra vīrā adarśayan ||
vārayantaḥ śarair bhīmaṃ meghāḥ sūryam ivoditam ||
Durmukha and Duhsaha, Vikarna, Shala, and also Vinda-Anuvinda, Sumukha, Dirghabahu, Sudarshana -- with various [hosts], the best of charioteers, with troops, with followers, prepared in battle, the heroes rushed upon Bhimasena. Having seen them, the son of Kunti, Bhimasena, valiant, charged with speed, like a lion upon small beasts.
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The sons of Dhritarashtra attack in a swarm, but Bhima falls upon them "like a lion upon small beasts": for the fearsome one, a multitude of foes is but a herd. It is telling that here the disparity of strength runs the other way -- one is more terrible than many. The verse teaches that before true might, numbers shrink to nothing: where a lion rises, a host of enemies is but game, and the terror of one surpasses a crowd.