एते चान्ये च बहवो येषाम् अर्थाय संजय ॥
त्यक्तारः संयुगे प्राणान् किं तेषाम् अजितं युधि ॥
येषां च पुरुषव्याघ्रः शार्ङ्गधन्वा व्यपाश्रयः ॥
हितार्थी चापि पार्थानां कथं तेषां पराजयः ॥
ete cānye ca bahavo yeṣām arthāya saṃjaya ||
tyaktāraḥ saṃyuge prāṇān kiṃ teṣām ajitaṃ yudhi ||
yeṣāṃ ca puruṣavyāghraḥ śārṅgadhanvā vyapāśrayaḥ ||
hitārthī cāpi pārthānāṃ kathaṃ teṣāṃ parājayaḥ ||
These and many others, O Sanjaya, for whose sake men do not spare their very lives in battle — what is there in battle that is beyond their reach? And those whose refuge is the tiger among men, the bearer of the bow Sharnga [Krishna], who moreover cares for the good of the Pandavas — how could defeat ever come to them?
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Here the king himself draws the conclusion of all his questions — and this conclusion is a confession: 'how can there be defeat for those whose refuge is Krishna?' Having gone through the heroes one by one, he finally sees that the matter lies not in their numbers or valor, but in the fact that the Lord is with them — the bearer of Sharnga, 'caring for the good of the Pandavas.' Thus the long litany of fear resolves into an acknowledgment of the invincibility of the side kept by God. The verse teaches that an army for whose sake men are ready to die is unconquerable in spirit; but that the true cause of invincibility is not the warriors' self-sacrifice but refuge in the Lord; and that anyone whose trust rests in Krishna knows no defeat, for the caring Supreme Lord Himself stands for him — against Whom any force is in vain.