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The Pāṇḍavas Retire Timely
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another without difficulty. There were many changes of commanders on the other side, but on the Pāṇḍavas' side Arjuna alone on the chariot driven by Lord Kṛṣṇa could manage the whole responsibility of the great war. Similarly, when the Pāṇḍavas were living at the palace of Virāṭa incognito, the Kauravas picked a quarrel with King Virāṭa and decided to take away his large number of cows. Thus while taking away the cows, Arjuna fought with them incognito and was able to regain the cows along with some booty taken by force, the jewels set on the turbans of the royal order. Arjuna remembered that all this was possible by the grace of the Lord.
TEXT 15
यो योष्कर्णगुरुश्चत्वमुच्चदम्- 
    राजन्यत्रयेत्यमप्युत्तमप्युत्तमसु । 
    अग्रेचरो मम विभो रथयुथपाना- 
    मायुर्मनांसि च दशासह ओज आर्च्छत् ॥१५॥
yo bhīṣma-karṇa-guru-śalya-camūṣv adabhra- 
    rājanya-varya-ratha-maṇḍala-maṇḍitāsu 
    agrecaro mama vibho ratha-yūthapānām- 
    āyur manāmsi ca dṛśā saha oja ārcchat
yaḥ—it is He only; bhīṣma—Bhīṣma; karṇa—Karṇa; guru—Droṇācārya; śalya—Śalya; camūṣu—in the midst of the military phalanx; adabhra—immense; rājanya-varya—great royal princes; ratha-maṇḍala—chain of chariots; maṇḍitāsu—being decorated with; agrecaraḥ—going forward; mama—of mine; vibho—O great King; ratha-yūthapānām—all the charioteers; āyuḥ—duration of life or fruitive activities; manāmsi—mental upsurges; ca—also; dṛśā—by glance; sahaḥ—along with; ojaḥ—strength; ārcchat—withdrew.
TRANSLATION
It was He only who withdrew the duration of life from everyone and who, in the battlefield, withdrew the speculative power and strength of enthusiasm from the great military phalanx made by the Kauravas headed by Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Droṇa, Śalya, etc. Their arrangement was expert and more than adequate, but He [Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa], while going forward, did all this.