ततस् ते कोपितास् तेन शरैर् आशीविषोपमैः ॥
परिवव्रुर् जिघांसन्तः सौभद्रम् अपलायिनम् ॥
समुद्रम् इव पर्यस्तं त्वदीयं तद् बलार्णवम् ॥
अभिमन्युर् दधारैको वेलेव मकरालयम् ॥
शूराणां युध्यमानानां निघ्नताम् इतरेतरम् ॥
अभिमन्योः परेषां च नासीत् कश् चित् पराङ्मुखः ॥
tatas te kopitās tena śarair āśīviṣopamaiḥ ||
parivavrur jighāṃsantaḥ saubhadram apalāyinam ||
samudram iva paryastaṃ tvadīyaṃ tad balārṇavam ||
abhimanyur dadhāraiko veleva makarālayam ||
śūrāṇāṃ yudhyamānānāṃ nighnatām itaretaram ||
abhimanyoḥ pareṣāṃ ca nāsīt kaś cit parāṅmukhaḥ ||
Then they, inflamed by him, surrounded the unyielding son of Subhadra with arrows resembling venomous serpents, longing to slay him. That army of yours, like a surging ocean, an abyss of a host, Abhimanyu held back alone, as a shore holds back the abode of sea-monsters. Among the warriors fighting and striking one another, neither on Abhimanyu's side nor among the enemies did anyone turn away in flight.
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A single boy holds back the "surging ocean" of an army, as a shore holds back the sea: an image of one man's steadfastness before the flood of thousands. And on neither side are there any who flee — both sides fight face to face, with no cowards among them. It is telling that the tradition honors the courage of both sides: in this battle everyone stands to the death. The verse teaches that a lone steadfastness can become a barrier to an entire sea, as a shore does to the ocean; that in the very fiercest battle the valor of the enemy too shows itself, for no one turned away; and that the tradition, noting the fearlessness of both sides, affirms that valor is valor whichever side it appears on, and an honest eye renders due credit to the courage even of those who joined an unjust cause against a boy.