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तद् अपास्य धनुश् छिन्नं द्रोणः क्षत्रियमर्दनः ॥
गदां चिक्षेप सहसा धर्मपुत्राय मारिष ॥
ताम् आपतन्तीं सहसा गदां दृष्ट्वा युधिष्ठिरः ॥
गदाम् एवाग्रहीत् क्रुद्धश् चिक्षेप च परंतपः ॥
ते गदे सहसा मुक्ते समासाद्य परस्परम् ॥
संघर्षात् पावकं मुक्त्वा समेयातां महीतले ॥
tad apāsya dhanuś chinnaṃ droṇaḥ kṣatriyamardanaḥ ||
gadāṃ cikṣepa sahasā dharmaputrāya māriṣa ||
tām āpatantīṃ sahasā gadāṃ dṛṣṭvā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
gadām evāgrahīt kruddhaś cikṣepa ca paraṃtapaḥ ||
te gade sahasā mukte samāsādya parasparam ||
saṃgharṣāt pāvakaṃ muktvā sameyātāṃ mahītale ||
Casting aside that severed bow, Drona, crusher of kshatriyas, suddenly hurled a mace at the son of Dharma, O venerable one. Seeing that mace hurtling toward him, the enraged Yudhishthira seized his own mace and hurled it, that scorcher of foes. The two maces, cast forth at once, meeting one another, struck out fire from the clash and fell together to the ground.
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When weapons are spent, maces come into play — and these, colliding, 'saṃgharṣāt pāvakaṃ muktvā,' strike out fire and both fall to the ground: equal force meets equal force, to mutual exhaustion. It is telling that this encounter yields no victor — only sparks and a fall. The verse teaches that the clash of two equally unyielding wills brings forth only flame and ruin; where neither will give way, force quenches force, and the strife of the implacable crowns no one with triumph, but wears down both.