Text 22]
The Son of Droṇa Punished
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tataḥ —thereafter;  prāduṣkṛtam —disseminated;  tejaḥ —glare;  pracaṇḍam —fierce;  sarvataḥ —all around;  diśam —directions;  prānā-padam —affecting life;  abhiprekṣya —having observed it;  viṣṇum —unto the Lord;  jiṣṇuḥ —Arjuna;  uvāca —said;  ha —in the past.
TRANSLATION
Thereupon a glaring light spread in all directions, and it was so fierce that Arjuna thought his own life in danger, and so he began to address Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 22
अर्जुन उवाच
कृष्ण कृष्ण महाबाहो भक्तानामभयंकर ।
त्वमेको दह्यमानानामपवर्गोऽसि संमृतेः ॥२२॥
arjuna uvāca  
 kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahā-bāho  
 bhaktānām abhayaṅkara  
 tvam eko dahya-mānānām  
 apavargo'si saṁsṛteḥ
arjunaḥ uvāca —Arjuna said;  kṛṣṇa —O Lord Kṛṣṇa;  mahā-bāho —He who is the Almighty;  bhaktānām —of the devotees;  abhayaṅkara —eradicating the fears of;  tvam —You;  ekaḥ —alone;  dahya-mānānām —those who are suffering from;  apavargaḥ —the path of liberation;  asi —are;  saṁsṛteḥ —in the midst of material miseries.
TRANSLATION
Arjuna said: O my Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, You are the almighty Personality of Godhead. There is no limit to Your different energies. Therefore only You are competent to instill fearlessness in the hearts of Your devotees. Everyone in the flames of material miseries can find the path of liberation in You only.
PURPORT
Arjuna is aware of the transcendental qualities of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as he had already experienced them during the Kurukṣetra War, in which