तानस्यत: शरव्रातान् बन्धुप्रियकृदर्जुन: । गाण्डीवी कालयामास सिंह: क्षुद्रमृगानिव ॥ ५४ ॥
tān asyataḥ śara-vrātān bandhu-priya-kṛd arjunaḥ gāṇḍīvī kālayām āsa siṁhaḥ kṣudra-mṛgān iva
- tān
- them
- asyataḥ
- throwing
- śara
- of arrows
- vrātān
- multitudes
- bandhu
- his friend (Lord Kṛṣṇa)
- priya
- to please
- kṛt
- acting
- arjunaḥ
- Arjuna
- gaṇḍīvī
- the possessor of the bow Gāṇḍīva
- kālayām āsa
- drove them away
- siṁhaḥ
- a lion
- kṣudra
- insignificant
- mṛgān
- animals
- iva
- as
Arjuna, wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow, was always eager to please his friend Kṛṣṇa, and thus he drove back those opponents, who were shooting torrents of arrows at the Lord. He did this just as a lion drives away insignificant animals.