अथापरे ऽपि राजानः परावृत्य समन्ततः ॥
महाबला रणे शूराः पाञ्चालान् अन्ववारयन् ॥
ततो रणे नरव्याघ्रः पार्षतः पाण्डवैः सह ॥
संजघानासकृद् द्रोणं बिभित्सुर् अरिवाहिनीम् ॥
यथैव शरवर्षाणि द्रोणो वर्षति पार्षते ॥
तथैव शरवर्षाणि धृष्टद्युम्नो ऽभ्यवर्षत ॥
athāpare 'pi rājānaḥ parāvṛtya samantataḥ ||
mahābalā raṇe śūrāḥ pāñcālān anvavārayan ||
tato raṇe naravyāghraḥ pārṣataḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha ||
saṃjaghānāsakṛd droṇaṃ bibhitsur arivāhinīm ||
yathaiva śaravarṣāṇi droṇo varṣati pārṣate ||
tathaiva śaravarṣāṇi dhṛṣṭadyumno 'bhyavarṣata ||
Then other kings too, turning about on every side, mighty and valiant in battle, held back the Panchalas. Then in the battle the tiger among men, Parshata, together with the Pandavas, struck Drona again and again, wishing to breach the enemy host. Just as Drona pours showers of arrows upon Parshata, so too Dhrishtadyumna poured forth showers of arrows.
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Dhrishtadyumna answers Drona 'shower for shower': 'yathā… droṇaḥ varṣati… tathā dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ abhyavarṣata.' The one destined to slay the teacher does not yield to him in battle. It is telling that they are shown as equals: fate has brought two equals together. The verse teaches that the appointed instrument of destiny grows to match the very one he is fated to overcome: Dhrishtadyumna, born for Drona's death, fights him on equal terms; and in this equality lies the sign that it is not chance but destiny preparing the outcome.