Verse Text
yathā śrī-daśame –
yāni yodhaiḥ prayuktāni
śastrāstrāṇi kurūdvaha |
haris tāny acchinat tīkṣṇaiḥ
śarair ekaika-śastribhiḥ ||89||
Translation
An example from the Tenth Canto: Lord Hari then struck down all the missiles and weapons that the enemy soldiers threw at Him, O hero of the Kurus, destroying each and every one with three sharp arrows. SB 10.59.17
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
About the expertise of Kṛṣṇa there is a statement in the Tenth Canto, Fifty-ninth Chapter, verse 17, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, wherein Śukadeva Gosvāmī tells Mahārāja Parīkṣit, “O best of the Kurus, Śrī Kṛṣṇa cut to pieces all the different weapons used by different fighters.” Formerly, fighting was done by releasing different kinds of arrows. One party would release a certain arrow, and the other party had to defeat it by counteracting it with another arrow. For example, one party might release an arrow which would cause water to pour from the sky, and to counteract this the opposing party would have to release an arrow which could immediately turn the water into clouds. So from this statement it appears that Kṛṣṇa was very expert in counteracting the enemy’s arrows.