संजय उवाच
स रणे व्यचरत् पार्थः प्रेक्षणीयो धनंजयः ॥
युगपद् दिक्षु सर्वासु चित्राण्य् अस्त्राणि दर्शयन् ॥
मध्यंदिनगतं सूर्यं प्रतपन्तम् इवाम्बरे ॥
न शेकुः सर्वभूतानि पाण्डवं प्रतिवीक्षितुम् ॥
प्रसृतांस् तस्य गाण्डीवाच् छरव्रातान् महात्मनः ॥
संग्रामे समपश्याम हंसपङ्क्तीर् इवाम्बरे ॥
विनिवार्य स वीराणाम् अस्त्रैर् अस्त्राणि सर्वशः ॥
दर्शयन् रौद्रम् आत्मानम् उग्रे कर्मणि धिष्ठितः ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
sa raṇe vyacarat pārthaḥ prekṣaṇīyo dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
yugapad dikṣu sarvāsu citrāṇy astrāṇi darśayan ||
madhyaṃdinagataṃ sūryaṃ pratapantam ivāmbare ||
na śekuḥ sarvabhūtāni pāṇḍavaṃ prativīkṣitum ||
prasṛtāṃs tasya gāṇḍīvāc charavrātān mahātmanaḥ ||
saṃgrāme samapaśyāma haṃsapaṅktīr ivāmbare ||
vinivārya sa vīrāṇām astrair astrāṇi sarvaśaḥ ||
darśayan raudram ātmānam ugre karmaṇi dhiṣṭhitaḥ ||
He, worthy of the gaze, Partha Dhananjaya, raced through the battle, displaying wondrous astras at once in every direction. Like the midday sun blazing in the sky — no being could look upon the Pandava. We saw in battle the streams of arrows issuing from his, the great-souled one's, Gandiva, like rows of geese in the sky. Repelling with astras the astras of the heroes on every side, showing himself terrible, he stood fixed in fierce action.
3c0da4e54e53 · published Jul 19, 2026, 4:31:37 PM UTC
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Arjuna blazes like the midday sun, on which none can look: supreme power becomes unbearable to behold. It is telling that all this terrible force is gathered toward a single goal — to overtake Jayadratha before sunset. The verse teaches that strength focused on righteous duty takes on the form of an elemental force; and one who has given himself wholly to a single rightful goal blazes up into a radiance before which everything standing in his path fades.