नैव नस् तादृशं राजन् दृष्टपूर्वं न च श्रुतम् ॥
यादृशं द्रोणपुत्रेण सृष्टम् अस्त्रम् अमर्षिणा ॥
अर्जुनस् तु महाराज ब्राह्मम् अस्त्रम् उदैरयत् ॥
सर्वास्त्रप्रतिघाताय विहितं पद्मयोनिना ॥
ततो मुहूर्ताद् इव तत् तमो व्युपशशाम ह ॥
प्रववौ चानिलः शीतो दिशश् च विमलाभवन् ॥
naiva nas tādṛśaṃ rājan dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ na ca śrutam ||
yādṛśaṃ droṇaputreṇa sṛṣṭam astram amarṣiṇā ||
arjunas tu mahārāja brāhmam astram udairayat ||
sarvāstrapratighātāya vihitaṃ padmayoninā ||
tato muhūrtād iva tat tamo vyupaśaśāma ha ||
pravavau cānilaḥ śīto diśaś ca vimalābhavan ||
"Never before, O king, had we seen or heard the like of this -- the weapon unleashed by the impatient son of Drona." Arjuna, however, O great king, raised up the weapon of Brahma, ordained by Padmayoni [Brahma] for the repelling of all weapons. Then, as if in an instant, that darkness dissolved; and a cool wind blew, and the directions grew clear.
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Arjuna answers the fiery weapon with the weapon of Brahma, which "repels all weapons," and the darkness dissolves in an instant. It is telling that the highest weapon is not one that destroys but one that repels -- the shield surpasses the sword. The verse teaches that true power reveals itself not in attack but in defense and the restoration of order; and one who knows how to quench destruction rather than multiply it wields a strength of the highest order.