भीमसेनं तु कौन्तेयं सोदर्याः पर्यवारयन् ॥
विविंशतिश् चित्रसेनो विकर्णश् च महारथः ॥
विन्दानुविन्दाव् आवन्त्यौ क्षेमधूर्तिश् च वीर्यवान् ॥
त्रयाणां तव पुत्राणां त्रय एवानुयायिनः ॥
बाह्लीकराजस् तेजस्वी कुलपुत्रो महारथः ॥
सहसेनः सहामात्यो द्रौपदेयान् अवारयत् ॥
bhīmasenaṃ tu kaunteyaṃ sodaryāḥ paryavārayan ||
viviṃśatiś citraseno vikarṇaś ca mahārathaḥ ||
vindānuvindāv āvantyau kṣemadhūrtiś ca vīryavān ||
trayāṇāṃ tava putrāṇāṃ traya evānuyāyinaḥ ||
bāhlīkarājas tejasvī kulaputro mahārathaḥ ||
sahasenaḥ sahāmātyo draupadeyān avārayat ||
Bhimasena, the son of Kunti, was surrounded by his own brothers — Vivimshati, Chitrasena, and Vikarna the great warrior, Vinda and Anuvinda of Avanti, and the valiant Kshemadhurti: these three were aides to three of your sons. The king of Bahlika, resplendent, of noble birth, a great warrior, with his army and his counselors, held back the sons of Draupadi.
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The roll of single combats begins: each of the leading Pandavas meets his adversaries. Bhima is surrounded by Duryodhana's brothers — the very men on whom he had sworn vengeance. It is telling that the battle resolves into predestined pairs. The verse teaches that in the great reckoning each meets his own: fate arranges the combatants in pairs, matching debtor to creditor in blood; the general chaos of the fight is in truth composed of countless preordained personal encounters, where each must play out his allotted part.