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Chapter 1 · Verse 10

Arjuna Visada Yoga

अर्जुनविषादयोग

अपर्याप्तं तदस्माकं बलं भीष्माभिरक्षितम् | पर्याप्तं त्विदमेतेषां बलं भीमाभिरक्षितम् ||१-१०||

aparyāptaṃ tadasmākaṃ balaṃ bhīṣmābhirakṣitam . paryāptaṃ tvidameteṣāṃ balaṃ bhīmābhirakṣitam ||1-10||

In plain words

You should observe how anxiety can cloud your judgment and make you feel insecure, even when you seem well-protected. This doubt is a form of maya, the illusion that distorts your perception of reality. True strength does not come from external numbers, but from inner alignment with what is right.

Translation

1.10 Inadequate is this force of ours, which is guarded by Bhisma, while adequate is that force of theirs, which is guarded by Bhima.

Meaning

The verse is differently interpreted by different commentators. Sridhara Swami takes the word aparyaptam to mean insufficient. Ananda Giri takes it to mean unlimited.

Word by word

अपर्याप्तम् insufficient तत् that अस्माकम् ours बलम् army भीष्माभिरक्षितम् marshalled by Bhishma पर्याप्तम् sufficient तु while इदम् this एतेषाम् their बलम् army भीमाभिरक्षितम् marshalled by Bhima.