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संजय उवाच । अर्जुनो वासुदेवश्च धन्विनौ परमार्चितौ । कामादन्यत्र संभूतौ सर्वाभावाय संमितौ॥५-६६-१॥
Sañjaya said: Arjuna and Vāsudeva are both archers, supremely honored. Born elsewhere by their own choosing, they are as a matched pair, able to bring comprehensive ruin upon opposing designs.
english translation
द्यामन्तरं समास्थाय यथायुक्तं मनस्विनः । चक्रं तद्वासुदेवस्य मायया वर्तते विभो॥५-६६-२॥
O mighty one, having taken its fitting station in the expanse of the sky, that discus of Vāsudeva—guided by his māyā—moves along its ordained course.
english translation
सापह्नवं पाण्डवेषु पाण्डवानां सुसंमतम् । सारासारबलं ज्ञात्वा तत्समासेन मे शृणु॥५-६६-३॥
Hear from me in brief: having discerned what is essential and what is not in matters of strength, know that among the Pāṇḍavas there is a matter—well agreed upon by the Pāṇḍavas—yet kept concealed.
english translation
नरकं शम्बरं चैव कंसं चैद्यं च माधवः । जितवान्घोरसंकाशान्क्रीडन्निव जनार्दनः॥५-६६-४॥
Mādhava—Janārdana—overcame Naraka, Śambara, Kaṃsa, and Caidya, formidable in appearance, as though in effortless play.
english translation
पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षं च द्यां चैव पुरुषोत्तमः । मनसैव विशिष्टात्मा नयत्यात्मवशं वशी॥५-६६-५॥
Puruṣottama, the sovereign Self, brings the earth, the mid-region, and the heavens under his governance by mind alone—being of exceptional nature and fully self-controlled.
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