सो ऽर्करश्मिनिभांस् तीक्ष्णांस् तोमरान् वै चतुर्दश ॥
प्रेरयत् सव्यसाची तांस् त्रिधैकैकम् अथाच्छिनत् ॥
ततो नागस्य तद् वर्म व्यधमत् पाकशासनिः ॥
शरजालेन स बभौ व्यभ्रः पर्वतराड् इव ॥
ततः प्राग्ज्योतिषः शक्तिं हेमदण्डाम् अयस्मयीम् ॥
व्यसृजद् वासुदेवाय द्विधा ताम् अर्जुनो ऽच्छिनत् ॥
so 'rkaraśminibhāṃs tīkṣṇāṃs tomarān vai caturdaśa ||
prerayat savyasācī tāṃs tridhaikaikam athācchinat ||
tato nāgasya tad varma vyadhamat pākaśāsaniḥ ||
śarajālena sa babhau vyabhraḥ parvatarāḍ iva ||
tataḥ prāgjyotiṣaḥ śaktiṃ hemadaṇḍām ayasmayīm ||
vyasṛjad vāsudevāya dvidhā tām arjuno 'cchinat ||
He hurled fourteen sharp tomara-darts, shining like sunbeams; Savyasachin cut each one into three. Then the son of Pakashasana knocked away with a web of arrows the elephant's armor; and it, the elephant, presented an appearance like a cloudless mountain-king. Then Bhagadatta hurled at Vasudeva an iron shakti-lance with a golden shaft; Arjuna cut it in two.
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Fourteen darts cut into three each, a lance split in two, armor knocked away — Arjuna methodically dismantles every weapon of the enemy, one after another, missing none. The elephant, stripped of its armor, "presents the appearance of a cloudless mountain" — a stripping rendered as purification, beauty through loss. It is significant that the lance is aimed at Krishna, unarmed, — and is struck down again. The verse teaches that a skilled warrior methodically deprives the opponent of every defense and every weapon before delivering the final blow; that even in destruction the tradition sees beauty — the elephant bared of armor is compared to a pure mountain; and that every attempt upon the Lord is in vain, for the devotee tirelessly guards Him, striking down in flight whatever is aimed at Him.