ततस् तमः प्रादुरभूद् अर्जुनस्य रथं प्रति ॥
तस्माच् च तमसो वाचः क्रूराः पार्थम् अभर्त्सयन् ॥
तत् तमो ऽस्त्रेण महता ज्योतिषेणार्जुनो ऽवधीत् ॥
हते तस्मिञ् जलौघास् तु प्रादुरासन् भयानकाः ॥
अम्भसस् तस्य नाशार्थम् आदित्यास्त्रम् अथार्जुनः ॥
प्रायुङ्क्ताम्भस् ततस् तेन प्रायशो ऽस्त्रेण शोषितम् ॥
tatas tamaḥ prādurabhūd arjunasya rathaṃ prati ||
tasmāc ca tamaso vācaḥ krūrāḥ pārtham abhartsayan ||
tat tamo 'streṇa mahatā jyotiṣeṇārjuno 'vadhīt ||
hate tasmiñ jalaughās tu prādurāsan bhayānakāḥ ||
ambhasas tasya nāśārtham ādityāstram athārjunaḥ ||
prāyuṅktāmbhas tatas tena prāyaśo 'streṇa śoṣitam ||
Then darkness appeared around Arjuna's chariot, and out of that darkness savage voices reviled Partha. That darkness Arjuna dispelled with a great weapon of light. When it was dispelled, fearsome watery waves appeared; and to destroy that water Arjuna then used the weapon of the sun -- and almost all the water was dried up by it.
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To darkness Arjuna answers with the weapon of light, to flood with the weapon of the sun: to each delusion is opposed its natural conqueror. Here lies a deep parable: darkness is dispelled by light, delusion by knowledge, not by struggling against the phantom itself. It is telling that out of the darkness come "savage voices" -- the illusion strives not only to blind but to break the spirit through abuse; yet even this is powerless. The verse teaches that against every kind of delusion there is its own true remedy, and wise is one who applies precisely that: light against darkness, sun against water; that slander and evil voices from the gloom are but part of the deception, holding no power over the steadfast; and that illusion is conquered not by one who fears it but by one who knows its nature and brings to bear against it the opposing principle, before which it cannot stand.