तौ तु दृष्ट्वा व्यतिक्रान्तौ हृषीकेशधनंजयौ ॥
सिन्धुराजस्य रक्षार्थं पराक्रान्तः सुतस् तव ॥
द्रोणेनाबद्धकवचो राजा दुर्योधनस् तदा ॥
ययाव् एकरथेनाजौ हयसंस्कारवित् प्रभो ॥
कृष्णपार्थौ महेष्वासौ व्यतिक्रम्याथ ते सुतः ॥
अग्रतः पुण्डरीकाक्षं प्रतीयाय नराधिप ॥
tau tu dṛṣṭvā vyatikrāntau hṛṣīkeśadhanaṃjayau ||
sindhurājasya rakṣārthaṃ parākrāntaḥ sutas tava ||
droṇenābaddhakavaco rājā duryodhanas tadā ||
yayāv ekarathenājau hayasaṃskāravit prabho ||
kṛṣṇapārthau maheṣvāsau vyatikramyātha te sutaḥ ||
agrataḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ pratīyāya narādhipa ||
Seeing those two gone past — Hrishikesha and Dhananjaya — your son surged forward for the protection of the king of Sindhu, valiant, clad in armor by Drona; king Duryodhana then drove on a single chariot into the battle, a master of horsemanship, O lord. Having outstripped Krishna and Partha, the great archers, your son, O lord of men, then stood to meet the lotus-eyed one face to face.
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Duryodhana, "droṇena ābaddhakavacaḥ", in Drona's invulnerable armor, overtakes the two and stands before Krishna. The instigator of the discord himself becomes the last barrier before the guilty one. It is significant that clad in armor, seemingly invulnerable, he stands against the Lord Himself. The verse teaches that falsehood places its final hope in outward defense: Duryodhana relies on his armor; but armor turned against God will not save him — for no defense can withstand the will of the Lord, against Whom the unrighteous one has dared to stand.