संजय उवाच
तत् प्रभग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा कुन्तीपुत्रो धनंजयः ॥
न्यवारयद् अमेयात्मा द्रोणपुत्रवधेप्सया ॥
ततस् ते सैनिका राजन् नैव तत्रावतस्थिरे ॥
संस्थाप्यमाना यत्नेन गोविन्देनार्जुनेन च ॥
एक एव तु बीभत्सुः सोमकावयवैः सह ॥
मत्स्यैर् अन्यैश् च संधाय कौरवैः संन्यवर्तत ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
tat prabhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
nyavārayad ameyātmā droṇaputravadhepsayā ||
tatas te sainikā rājan naiva tatrāvatasthire ||
saṃsthāpyamānā yatnena govindenārjunena ca ||
eka eva tu bībhatsuḥ somakāvayavaiḥ saha ||
matsyair anyaiś ca saṃdhāya kauravaiḥ saṃnyavartata ||
Seeing that army broken, the son of Kunti, Dhananjaya, immeasurable in spirit, tried to stop it, wishing to slay the son of Drona. But those warriors, O king, would not stand their ground there, though rallied with effort by Govinda and by Arjuna. Bibhatsu alone, joining with the remnants of the Somakas and the Matsyas and others, turned back to face the Kauravas.
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The army flees, and only Arjuna, gathering the remnants, turns to face the fight: where many wavered, the firmness of one becomes the axis of resistance. It is telling that even Krishna and Arjuna cannot hold back those seized by fear -- panic is stronger than exhortation. The verse teaches that in the hour of universal confusion, it is the one whose firmness is not borrowed but his own who stands; and a single unshaken soul is worth more than a wavering multitude.