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ततस् ते पाण्डवा राजन् समन्तान् निशिताञ् शरान् ॥
प्रेषयाम् आसुर् उद्विग्ना हैडिम्बश् च घटोत्कचः ॥
स वध्यमानः समरे पाण्डवैर् जितकाशिभिः ॥
दग्धाद्रिकूटशृङ्गाभं भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमम् ॥
समुत्क्षिप्य च बाहुभ्याम् आविध्य च पुनः पुनः ॥
निष्पिपेष क्षितौ क्षिप्रं पूर्णकुम्भम् इवाश्मनि ॥
tatas te pāṇḍavā rājan samantān niśitāñ śarān ||
preṣayām āsur udvignā haiḍimbaś ca ghaṭotkacaḥ ||
sa vadhyamānaḥ samare pāṇḍavair jitakāśibhiḥ ||
dagdhādrikūṭaśṛṅgābhaṃ bhinnāñjanacayopamam ||
samutkṣipya ca bāhubhyām āvidhya ca punaḥ punaḥ ||
niṣpipeṣa kṣitau kṣipraṃ pūrṇakumbham ivāśmani ||
Then those Pandavas, O king, alarmed, sent forth sharp arrows from every side — and so did Hidimba's son, Ghatotkacha. And he [Alambusa], being struck down in the battle by the triumphant-looking Pandavas, resembling the peak of a scorched mountain, like a shattered heap of antimony — [Ghatotkacha] lifted him with both arms, whirled him again and again, and swiftly dashed him against the ground, like a full jar against a stone.
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The end comes not from illusion but from direct bodily strength: Ghatotkacha seizes the foe with his hands and smashes him "like a full jar against a stone." It is telling that the circle of illusions, unresolvable from within, is cut through by simple, direct action. The verse teaches that evil skilled in deception is broken not by outdoing it in deception but by decisive direct action; where cunning reaches its dead end, a firm hand finishes the matter, and untruth is shattered like a vessel against rock.