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प्रतिलभ्य ततः संज्ञां भीमसेनो महाबलः ॥
शक्तिं जग्राह समरे हेमदण्डाम् अयस्मयीम् ॥
चिक्षेप च रथात् तूर्णं कृतवर्मरथं प्रति ॥
सा भीमभुजनिर्मुक्ता निर्मुक्तोरगसंनिभा ॥
कृतवर्माणम् अभितः प्रजज्वाल सुदारुणा ॥
ताम् आपतन्तीं सहसा युगान्ताग्निसमप्रभाम् ॥
द्वाभ्यां शराभ्यां हार्दिक्यो निचकर्त द्विधा तदा ॥
सा छिन्ना पतिता भूमौ शक्तिः कनकभूषणा ॥
द्योतयन्ती दिशो राजन् महोल्केव दिवश् च्युता ॥
शक्तिं विनिहतां दृष्ट्वा भीमश् चुक्रोध वै भृशम् ॥
pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ ||
śaktiṃ jagrāha samare hemadaṇḍām ayasmayīm ||
cikṣepa ca rathāt tūrṇaṃ kṛtavarmarathaṃ prati ||
sā bhīmabhujanirmuktā nirmuktoragasaṃnibhā ||
kṛtavarmāṇam abhitaḥ prajajvāla sudāruṇā ||
tām āpatantīṃ sahasā yugāntāgnisamaprabhām ||
dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ hārdikyo nicakarta dvidhā tadā ||
sā chinnā patitā bhūmau śaktiḥ kanakabhūṣaṇā ||
dyotayantī diśo rājan maholkeva divaś cyutā ||
śaktiṃ vinihatāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmaś cukrodha vai bhṛśam ||
Having then regained his senses, Bhimasena, the mighty one, seized in battle a golden-shafted spear, wrought of iron. It, hurled from Bhima's arm, resembling a sloughed-off serpent, blazed forth most terribly [around] Kritavarman. As it came hurtling suddenly, blazing like the fire at the end of the age, the son of Hridika cut it in two with two arrows. It, severed, the gold-adorned spear, fell [to] the ground, lighting the directions, O king, like a great meteor fallen [from] heaven.
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Bhima's dread spear, "yugāntāgnisamaprabhām," like the fire at the end of an age, is cut in two by two arrows and falls "maholkeva divaś cyutā," like a meteor from the heavens. Beauty within terror crowns even a failure. It is significant that even the mightiest weapon can be turned aside by skill. The verse teaches that power without precise mastery is vulnerable: dread strength, meeting a skillful hand, comes to nothing, and the shining fall of the spear reminds us that battles are decided not by fury alone but by skill.