अयम् एको ऽर्जुनो योद्धा वृद्धबालं हतेश्वरम् ॥
नयत्य् अस्मान् अतिक्रम्य योधाश् चेमे हतौजसः ॥
ततो यष्टिप्रहरणा दस्यवस् ते सहस्रशः ॥
अभ्यधावन्त वृष्णीनां तं जनं लोप्त्रहारिणः ॥
महता सिंहनादेन द्रावयन्तः पृथग्जनम् ॥
अभिपेतुर् धनार्थं ते कालपर्यायचोदिताः ॥
ततो निवृत्तः कौन्तेयः सहसा सपदानुगः ॥
उवाच तान् महाबाहुर् अर्जुनः प्रहसन्न् इव ॥
निवर्तध्वम् अधर्मज्ञा यदि स्थ न मुमूर्षवः ॥
नेदानीं शरनिर्भिन्नाः शोचध्वं निहता मया ॥
ayam eko 'rjuno yoddhā vṛddhabālaṃ hateśvaram ||
nayaty asmān atikramya yodhāś ceme hataujasaḥ ||
tato yaṣṭipraharaṇā dasyavas te sahasraśaḥ ||
abhyadhāvanta vṛṣṇīnāṃ taṃ janaṃ loptrahāriṇaḥ ||
mahatā siṃhanādena drāvayantaḥ pṛthagjanam ||
abhipetur dhanārthaṃ te kālaparyāyacoditāḥ ||
tato nivṛttaḥ kaunteyaḥ sahasā sapadānugaḥ ||
uvāca tān mahābāhur arjunaḥ prahasann iva ||
nivartadhvam adharmajñā yadi stha na mumūrṣavaḥ ||
nedānīṃ śaranirbhinnāḥ śocadhvaṃ nihatā mayā ||
'This Arjuna alone escorts the old and children whose lords are slain — he despises us, so what can he do to us?' Then Dhananjaya reached for Gandiva to nock an arrow — and could not.
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Arjuna, still unaware of the weakness descending upon him, moves to threaten the bandits — and for the first time in his life his hand fails him. This instant marks the turning of an age: the strength granted to the hero was given for a purpose, and with the Lord's departure it returns to its source.