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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 15]
the Pāṇḍavas to rule over the world. Arjuna remembered all these one after another, and thus he became overwhelmed with such thoughts.
TEXT 5
अर्जुन उवाच
वश्चितोऽहं महाराज हरिणा बन्धुरूपिणा । येन मेऽपहतं तेजो देवविस्मापनं महत् ॥ ५ ॥
arjuna uvāca vañcito 'ham mahārāja hariṇā bandhu-rūpiṇā yena me 'pahṛtam tejo deva-vismāpanam mahat
arjunaḥ uvāca —Arjuna said;  vañcitaḥ —left by Him;  aham —myself;  mahārāja —O King;  hariṇā —by the Personality of Godhead;  bandhu-rūpiṇā —as if an intimate friend;  yena —by whom;  me —my;  apahṛtam —I have been bereft;  tejaḥ —power;  deva —the demigods;  vismāpanam —astonishing;  mahat —astounding.
TRANSLATION
Arjuna said: O King! The Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari, who treated me exactly like an intimate friend, has left me alone. Thus my astounding power, which astonished even the demigods, is no longer with me.
PURPORT
In the  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 10.41) the Lord says, “Anyone specifically powerful and opulent in wealth, strength, beauty, knowledge and all that is materially desirable is to be considered but a product of an insignificant portion of the complete whole of My energy.” No one, therefore, can be independently powerful in any measure without being endowed by the Lord. When the Lord descends on the earth along with His eternal ever liberated associates, He not only displays the divine energy possessed by Himself, but He also empowers His associate devotees with the required