Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 1: Arjuna's Despair
Bhagavad Gita 1.10
अपर्याप्तं तदस्माकं बलं भीष्माभिरक्षितम् ।
पर्याप्तं त्विदमेतेषां बलं भीमाभिरक्षितम् ॥
aparyāptaṃ tadasmākaṃ balaṃ bhīṣmābhirakṣitam | paryāptaṃ tvidameteṣāṃ balaṃ bhīmābhirakṣitam ||
Our strength, protected by Bhishma, is without limit, while their strength, protected by Bhima, is limited.
Modern context
The key word can mean either 'unlimited' or 'not enough', and commentators have read it both ways. The ambiguity suits the speaker: a boast with doubt audible underneath. Numbers alone never settle whether one is strong.