अर्जुन उवाच
उद्यम्यात्मानम् उग्राय कर्मणे धैर्यम् आस्थिताः ॥
धमन्ति कौरवाः शङ्खान् यस्य वीर्यम् उपाश्रिताः ॥
यत्र ते संशयो राजन् न्यस्तशस्त्रे गुरौ हते ॥
धार्तराष्ट्रान् अवस्थाप्य क एष नदतीति ह ॥
ह्रीमन्तं तं महाबाहुं मत्तद्विरदगामिनम् ॥
व्याख्यास्याम्य् उग्रकर्माणं कुरूणाम् अभयंकरम् ॥
arjuna uvāca
udyamyātmānam ugrāya karmaṇe dhairyam āsthitāḥ ||
dhamanti kauravāḥ śaṅkhān yasya vīryam upāśritāḥ ||
yatra te saṃśayo rājan nyastaśastre gurau hate ||
dhārtarāṣṭrān avasthāpya ka eṣa nadatīti ha ||
hrīmantaṃ taṃ mahābāhuṃ mattadviradagāminam ||
vyākhyāsyāmy ugrakarmāṇaṃ kurūṇām abhayaṃkaram ||
[Arjuna said:] "Having roused himself to a fierce deed, standing firm in resolve, the Kauravas blow their conches, relying on whose valor? What is your doubt, O king — when the teacher, who had laid down his weapons, was slain — as to who this is that, having steadied the Dhartarashtras, roars? That modest, mighty-armed one, advancing like a maddened elephant, I will describe to you — fierce in his deeds, granting the Kurus freedom from fear."
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Arjuna undertakes to name the one on whose might the revived army leans. It is significant that his very first word about this terrible warrior is "modest" — hrīmān: even of an enemy Arjuna speaks truthfully, noting his noble sense of shame. The verse teaches that justice gives its due even to an adversary; and one able to see merit in an enemy keeps his judgment clear where others are blinded by hostility.