Text 22] The Son of Drona Punished 343
tatah—thereafter; praduskrtam—disseminated; tejah—glare; pracandam—
fierce; sarvatah—all around; disam—directions; prana-padam—affecting life;
abhipreksya—having observed it; visnum—unto the Lord; jisnuh—Arjuna;
uvaca--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 Sri Krsna.
TEXT 22
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arjuna uvaca
krsna krsna maha-baho
bhaktanam abhayankara
tvam eko dahya-mananam
apavargo’si samsrteh
arjunah uvadca—Arjuna said; krsna—O Lord Krsna; maha-baho—He who
is the Almighty; bhaktanam—of the devotees; abhayankara—eradicating
the fears of; tuam—You; ekah—alone; dahya-mananaém—those who are
suffering from; apavargah—the path of liberation; asi—are; samasrteh—in
the midst of material miseries.
TRANSLATION
Arjuna said: O my Lord SriKrsna, 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. Every-
one 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 Sri Krsna, as he
had already experienced them during the Kuruksetra War, in which
