एताव् आवां सर्वसैन्यैर् व्यूढैः सम्यग् उदायुधैः ॥
द्रोणं च सूतपुत्रं च प्रयतावः प्रबाधितुम् ॥
एतौ हि बलिनौ शूरौ कृतास्त्रौ जितकाशिनौ ॥
उपेक्षितौ बलं क्रुद्धौ नाशयेतां निशाम् इमाम् ॥
एष भीमो ऽभियात्य् उग्रः पुनर् आवर्त्य वाहिनीम् ॥
वृकोदरं तथायान्तं दृष्ट्वा तत्र जनार्दनः ॥
पुनर् एवाब्रवीद् राजन् हर्षयन्न् इव पाण्डवम् ॥
एष भीमो रणश्लाघी वृतः सोमकपाण्डवैः ॥
रुषितो ऽभ्येति वेगेन द्रोणकर्णौ महाबलौ ॥
etāv āvāṃ sarvasainyair vyūḍhaiḥ samyag udāyudhaiḥ ||
droṇaṃ ca sūtaputraṃ ca prayatāvaḥ prabādhitum ||
etau hi balinau śūrau kṛtāstrau jitakāśinau ||
upekṣitau balaṃ kruddhau nāśayetāṃ niśām imām ||
eṣa bhīmo 'bhiyāty ugraḥ punar āvartya vāhinīm ||
vṛkodaraṃ tathāyāntaṃ dṛṣṭvā tatra janārdanaḥ ||
punar evābravīd rājan harṣayann iva pāṇḍavam ||
eṣa bhīmo raṇaślāghī vṛtaḥ somakapāṇḍavaiḥ ||
ruṣito 'bhyeti vegena droṇakarṇau mahābalau ||
"The two of us, with all our armies arrayed and properly armed, shall try to overcome Drona and the son of the suta. For they are mighty, valiant, skilled in weapons, shining with victory; if left unheeded, in their fury, they will destroy [our army] this night. Here comes fierce Bhima, having turned the army back again." Seeing Vrikodara [Bhima] thus advancing there, Janardana spoke again, O king, as though cheering the Pandava: "Here is Bhima, who glories in battle, surrounded by the Somakas and the Pandavas."
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Krishna does not give way to despondency but soberly weighs the danger and calls Arjuna to act together with him: sorrow does not paralyze him but turns into plan. It is telling that the same Krishna then cheers Arjuna with news of Bhima's approach. The verse teaches that a wise leader, even grieving, does not lose his head: he acknowledges the danger, calls for united effort, and lifts the spirit of his comrades; in him compassion is joined with calculation, and alarm with hope.