तैस् तैर् उपायैर् बहुभी रक्ष्यमाणः स पार्थिव ॥
जयत्य् अभिमुखः शत्रून् पार्थः कृष्णेन पालितः ॥
सविशेषं त्व् अमोघायाः कृष्णो ऽरक्षत पाण्डवम् ॥
हन्यात् क्षिप्ता हि कौन्तेयं शक्तिर् वृक्षम् इवाशनिः ॥
tais tair upāyair bahubhī rakṣyamāṇaḥ sa pārthiva ||
jayaty abhimukhaḥ śatrūn pārthaḥ kṛṣṇena pālitaḥ ||
saviśeṣaṃ tv amoghāyāḥ kṛṣṇo 'rakṣata pāṇḍavam ||
hanyāt kṣiptā hi kaunteyaṃ śaktir vṛkṣam ivāśaniḥ ||
Protected by those many devices, he, O king, conquers his enemies, advancing to meet them — Partha, guarded by Krishna. But Krishna guarded the Pandava especially from the unfailing dart; for, once hurled, it would have slain the son of Kunti, that dart — like a thunderbolt a tree.
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Krishna guards Arjuna "especially" from one thing — the unfailing dart: wise protection knows which threat is deadliest of all. It is telling that this care is concentrated on the single irrevocable danger. The verse teaches that not every peril is equal: the wise discern the one that is inescapable and guard against it above all; foresight consists in shielding a loved one first of all from the blow that cannot be survived.