स पूर्वम् अतिविद्धश् च भृशं पश्चाच् च पीडितः ॥
ससाद युधि पाञ्चाल्यो व्यपाश्रयत च ध्वजम् ॥
तं मत्तम् इव सिंहेन राजन् कुञ्जरम् अर्दितम् ॥
जवेनाभ्यद्रवञ् शूराः पञ्च पाण्डवतो रथाः ॥
किरीटी भीमसेनश् च वृद्धक्षत्रश् च पौरवः ॥
युवराजश् च चेदीनां मालवश् च सुदर्शनः ॥
पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिर् बाणैर् अभ्यघ्नन् सर्वतः समम् ॥
sa pūrvam atividdhaś ca bhṛśaṃ paścāc ca pīḍitaḥ ||
sasāda yudhi pāñcālyo vyapāśrayata ca dhvajam ||
taṃ mattam iva siṃhena rājan kuñjaram arditam ||
javenābhyadravañ śūrāḥ pañca pāṇḍavato rathāḥ ||
kirīṭī bhīmasenaś ca vṛddhakṣatraś ca pauravaḥ ||
yuvarājaś ca cedīnāṃ mālavaś ca sudarśanaḥ ||
pañcabhiḥ pañcabhir bāṇair abhyaghnan sarvataḥ samam ||
He, first heavily pierced and afterward hard pressed, grew faint in the battle, the Panchalya, and leaned upon his banner. Him, as an elephant torn by a raging lion, O king, five heroic chariot-warriors of the Pandavas swiftly attacked: Kiriti [Arjuna] and Bhimasena, and Vriddhakshatra the Paurava, and the crown prince of Chedi, and Sudarshana the Malava -- with five arrows each they struck him from all sides at once.
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Five of the best hurry to the aid of the fainting Dhrishtadyumna, surrounding Ashvatthaman. It is telling that even five together go against one -- a measure of how fearsome the son of Drona has become. The verse teaches that a great threat unites even the scattered; but numbers alone are no guarantee of victory here -- against fate's will and one man's fury, even five may prove powerless, as what follows will show.