ततो दश सहस्राणि न्यवर्तन्त धनुष्मताम् ॥
मतिं कृत्वा रणे क्रुद्धा वीरा जयपराजये ॥
व्यपेतहृदयत्रास आपद्धर्मातिगो रथः ॥
आर्छत् पार्थो गुरुं भारं सर्वभारसहो युधि ॥
यथा नडवनं क्रुद्धः प्रभिन्नः षष्टिहायनः ॥
मृद्नीयात् तद्वद् आयस्तः पार्थो ऽमृद्नाच् चमूं तव ॥
tato daśa sahasrāṇi nyavartanta dhanuṣmatām ||
matiṃ kṛtvā raṇe kruddhā vīrā jayaparājaye ||
vyapetahṛdayatrāsa āpaddharmātigo rathaḥ ||
ārchat pārtho guruṃ bhāraṃ sarvabhārasaho yudhi ||
yathā naḍavanaṃ kruddhaḥ prabhinnaḥ ṣaṣṭihāyanaḥ ||
mṛdnīyāt tadvad āyastaḥ pārtho 'mṛdnāc camūṃ tava ||
Then ten thousand bowmen turned to face him in battle, having resolved on victory or death, warriors in fury. With a fearless heart, having surpassed the dharma of extreme measures, that chariot-warrior Partha, who bears every burden, took upon himself the heaviest burden in battle. As an enraged bull elephant, sixty years old, in must, would crush a thicket of reeds, just so, fighting fiercely, Partha crushed your host.
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Of Arjuna it is said that he "surpassed the dharma of extreme measures" (apad-dharma) -- the dharma that permits departure from ordinary rules in calamity. He does not resort to the leniencies of distress, but, "bearing every burden," takes upon himself the heaviest of all and stands firm. It is telling that ten thousand advance "for victory or death," while one meets them without flinching. The verse teaches that there are men who need not even the merciful dharma of calamity, for they endure what is beyond the strength of others; that greatness of spirit shows itself in readiness to bear the greatest burden without seeking any concession for oneself; and that one man bearing everything is firmer than a multitude ready merely to die -- for he seeks neither victory nor death, but simply stands, fulfilling his immeasurable duty.