Text 15] The Pandavas Retire Timely 787

another without difficulty. There were many changes of commanders on
the other side, but on the Pandavas’ side Arjuna alone on the chariot
driven by Lord Krsna could manage the whole responsibility of the great
war. Similarly, when the Pandavas were living at the palace of Virata
incognito, the Kauravas picked a quarrel with King Virata 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

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CHAITTaSy |
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MUQaar RY & CIA Bla AST NII

yo bhisma-karna-guru-salya-camusv adabhra-
rajanya-varya-ratha-mandala-manditasu

agrecaro mama vibho ratha-yuthapanam-
ayur manamsi ca drsa saha oja arcchat

yah—it is He only; bhisma—Bhisma; karna—Karna; guru—Dronacarya;
salya—Salya; camiisu—in the midst of the military phalanx; adabhra—
immense; rajanya-varya—great royal princes; ratha-mandala—chain of
chariots; manditasu—being decorated with; agrecarah—going forward;
mama— of mine; vibho—O great King; ratha-yithapanam—all the charioteers;
ayuh—duration of life or fruitive activities; manamsi—mental upsurges;
ca—also; drsa—by glance; sahah—along with; ojah—strength; arcchat—
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 Bhisma, Karna, Drona, Salya, etc. Their arrangement was expert and
more than adequate, but He [Lord Sri Krsna], while going forward, did
all this.
