तान्य् अर्जुनः सहस्राणि दश पञ्चैव चाशुगैः ॥
अनागतान्य् एव शरैश् चिच्छेदाशुपराक्रमः ॥
ततो ऽर्जुनं शितैर् बाणैर् दशभिर् दशभिः पुनः ॥
प्रत्यविध्यंस् ततः पार्थस् तान् अविध्यत् त्रिभिस् त्रिभिः ॥
एकैकस् तु ततः पार्थं राजन् विव्याध पञ्चभिः ॥
स च तान् प्रतिविव्याध द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यां पराक्रमी ॥
tāny arjunaḥ sahasrāṇi daśa pañcaiva cāśugaiḥ ||
anāgatāny eva śaraiś cicchedāśuparākramaḥ ||
tato 'rjunaṃ śitair bāṇair daśabhir daśabhiḥ punaḥ ||
pratyavidhyaṃs tataḥ pārthas tān avidhyat tribhis tribhiḥ ||
ekaikas tu tataḥ pārthaṃ rājan vivyādha pañcabhiḥ ||
sa ca tān prativivyādha dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ parākramī ||
Those fifteen thousand [arrows], Arjuna, swift in onslaught, cleaved with his own swift-flying arrows while they were still in flight, before they had reached him. Then they struck Arjuna again with honed arrows, ten upon each; and Partha wounded them, three for each. Each one, O king, struck Partha singly with five arrows; and he, full of prowess, struck them back — two for each.
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The numbers here are no idle boast: against fifteen thousand arrows, Arjuna answers with just as many, intercepting them in flight, while in the close exchange he answers ten with three and five with two. The disproportion of his response is a measure of a superiority born not of numbers but of precision and concentration. It is telling that thousands stand against one, and yet the advantage lies with the one: skill brought to perfection is worth a countless multitude. The verse teaches that in any endeavor it is not the quantity of effort that decides, but its exactness; and that a single man, master of himself and of his craft to the end, can stand firm where a crowd only multiplies disorder.