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प्रादीप्यन्त दिशः सर्वाः प्रदीपैस् तैः समन्ततः ॥
वर्षाप्रदोषे खद्योतैर् वृता वृक्षा इवाबभुः ॥
असज्जन्त ततो वीरा वीरेष्व् एव पृथक् पृथक् ॥
नागा नागैः समाजग्मुस् तुरगाः सह वाजिभिः ॥
रथा रथवरैर् एव समाजग्मुर् मुदान्विताः ॥
तस्मिन् रात्रिमुखे घोरे पुत्रस्य तव शासनात् ॥
ततो ऽर्जुनो महाराज कौरवाणाम् अनीकिनीम् ॥
व्यधमत् त्वरया युक्तः क्षपयन् सर्वपार्थिवान् ॥
prādīpyanta diśaḥ sarvāḥ pradīpais taiḥ samantataḥ ||
varṣāpradoṣe khadyotair vṛtā vṛkṣā ivābabhuḥ ||
asajjanta tato vīrā vīreṣv eva pṛthak pṛthak ||
nāgā nāgaiḥ samājagmus turagāḥ saha vājibhiḥ ||
rathā rathavarair eva samājagmur mudānvitāḥ ||
tasmin rātrimukhe ghore putrasya tava śāsanāt ||
tato 'rjuno mahārāja kauravāṇām anīkinīm ||
vyadhamat tvarayā yuktaḥ kṣapayan sarvapārthivān ||
All directions blazed with those lamps everywhere; covered [with them], like trees with fireflies on a rainy evening, they shone. The heroes then clashed with heroes, each with his own; elephants clashed with elephants, horses with horses. Chariots clashed with excellent chariots, filled with ardor, in that dread onset of night, at the command of your son. Then Arjuna, O great king, scattered the army of the Kauravas, acting swiftly, destroying all the kings.
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Each meets his equal — elephant with elephant, horse with horse, chariot with chariot: even in the chaos of the night battle an order, a semblance of arrangement, shows through. And yet above this order stands Arjuna, scattering an entire army: one man exceeds all proportion. The verse teaches that there is a measure toward which all combat tends — the duel of equals — but there is also one who transgresses this measure, and before whose valor the very reckoning of forces collapses.