एतस्मिन्न् एव काले तु गृह्य पार्थः पुनर् धनुः ॥
हार्दिक्यं छादयाम् आस शरैः संनतपर्वभिः ॥
ततस् तु समरे शूरो वृष्णीनां प्रवरो रथी ॥
व्यश्वसूतरथं चक्रे निमेषार्धाद् युधिष्ठिरम् ॥
ततस् तु पाण्डवो ज्येष्ठः खड्गचर्म समाददे ॥
तद् अस्य निशितैर् बाणैर् व्यधमन् माधवो रणे ॥
तोमरं तु ततो गृह्य स्वर्णदण्डं दुरासदम् ॥
प्रेषयत् समरे तूर्णं हार्दिक्यस्य युधिष्ठिरः ॥
etasminn eva kāle tu gṛhya pārthaḥ punar dhanuḥ ||
hārdikyaṃ chādayām āsa śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ ||
tatas tu samare śūro vṛṣṇīnāṃ pravaro rathī ||
vyaśvasūtarathaṃ cakre nimeṣārdhād yudhiṣṭhiram ||
tatas tu pāṇḍavo jyeṣṭhaḥ khaḍgacarma samādade ||
tad asya niśitair bāṇair vyadhaman mādhavo raṇe ||
tomaraṃ tu tato gṛhya svarṇadaṇḍaṃ durāsadam ||
preṣayat samare tūrṇaṃ hārdikyasya yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
At this very time, Partha, again taking up the bow, covered the son of Hridika with smooth-jointed arrows. Then indeed in the battle the hero, foremost warrior of the Vrishnis, in half the blink of an eye, stripped Yudhishthira of his horses, charioteer, and chariot. Then the eldest Pandava took up sword and shield, but Madhava shattered those too with sharp arrows in battle. Then, taking a heavy javelin with a golden shaft, unassailable, Yudhishthira swiftly hurled it in battle at the son of Hridika.
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Kritavarman turns the king afoot in half a blink: weapon after weapon is knocked from Yudhishthira's hands — bow, sword, shield. It is telling how the righteous one persists: stripped of everything, he still seizes a javelin, with no thought of retreat. The verse teaches that a warrior's measure lies in how he holds on as his supports fall away one by one: as long as something remains in his hand, he does not yield; and dignity is seen not in triumph, but in steadfastness amid dwindling strength.