SB 9.15.33 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.15.33

अथार्जुन: पञ्चशतेषु बाहुभि- र्धनु:षु बाणान् युगपत् स सन्दधे । रामाय रामोऽस्त्रभृतां समग्रणी- स्तान्येकधन्वेषुभिराच्छिनत् समम् ॥ ३३ ॥

athārjunaḥ pañca-śateṣu bāhubhir

[athaarjunah pancha-shateshu baahubhir]

dhanuḥṣu bāṇān yugapat sa sandadhe

[dhanuhshu baanaan yugapat sa sandadhe]

rāmāya rāmo ’stra-bhṛtāṁ samagraṇīs

[raamaaya raamo ’stra-bhritaam samagranees]

tāny eka-dhanveṣubhir ācchinat samam

[taany eka-dhanveshubhir aachchinat samam]

Word-for-word

atha — thereafter arjunaḥ — Kārtavīryārjuna pañca-śateṣu — five hundred bāhubhiḥ — with his arms dhanuḥṣu — on the bows bāṇān — arrows yugapat — simultaneously saḥ — he sandadhe — fixed rāmāya — just to kill Lord Paraśurāma rāmaḥ — Lord Paraśurāma astra-bhṛtām — of all the soldiers who could use weapons samagraṇīḥ — the very best tāni — all the bows of Kārtavīryārjuna eka-dhanvā — possessing one bow iṣubhiḥ — the arrows ācchinat — cut to pieces samam — with.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

athārjunaḥ pañca-śateṣu bāhubhir

atha

thereafter

arjunaḥ

Kārtavīryārjuna

pañca-śateṣu

five hundred

bāhubhiḥ

with his arms

dhanuḥṣu bāṇān yugapat sa sandadhe

dhanuḥṣu

on the bows

bāṇān

arrows

yugapat

simultaneously

saḥ

sandadhe

fixed

rāmāya rāmo ’stra-bhṛtāṁ samagraṇīs

rāmāya

just to kill Lord Paraśurāma

rāmaḥ

Lord Paraśurāma

astra-bhṛtām

of all the soldiers who could use weapons

samagraṇīḥ

the very best

tāny eka-dhanveṣubhir ācchinat samam

tāni

all the bows of Kārtavīryārjuna

eka-dhanvā

possessing one bow

iṣubhiḥ

the arrows

ācchinat

cut to pieces

samam

with.

Then Kārtavīryārjuna, with his one thousand arms, simultaneously fixed arrows on five hundred bows to kill Lord Paraśurāma. But Lord Paraśurāma, the best of fighters, released enough arrows with only one bow to cut to pieces immediately all the arrows and bows in the hands of Kārtavīryārjuna.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Then Kārtavīryārjuna, with his one thousand arms, simultaneously fixed arrows on five hundred bows to kill Paraśurāma. But Paraśurāma, the best of fighters, released enough arrows with only one bow to cut to pieces all the arrows and bows in the hands of Kārtavīryārjuna. Kārtavīryārjuna strung the arrows to kill Paraśurāma, but Paraśurāma cut all the bows along with all the arrows.

Personal Guidance

A thousand-armed warrior bends five hundred bows; Paraśurāma cuts them all with one. Sheer numerical advantage means nothing against the Lord's precision — quality of weapon outranks quantity of weapons.

Reflection Questions

Where am I trusting in volume — of effort, words, defenses — when one precise stroke would settle the matter?
What single, well-aimed act of devotion could replace many scattered ones?

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