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चक्ररक्षौ तु पाञ्चाल्यौ युधामन्यूत्तमौजसौ ॥
बाह्येन सेनाम् अभ्येत्य जग्मतुः सव्यसाचिनम् ॥
तौ हि पूर्वं महाराज वारितौ कृतवर्मणा ॥
प्रविष्टे त्व् अर्जुने राजंस् तव सैन्यं युयुत्सया ॥
ताभ्यां दुर्योधनः सार्धम् अगच्छद् युद्धम् उत्तमम् ॥
त्वरितस् त्वरमाणाभ्यां भ्रातृभ्यां भारतो बली ॥
ताव् अभिद्रवताम् एनम् उभाव् उद्यतकार्मुकौ ॥
महारथसमाख्यातौ क्षत्रियप्रवरौ युधि ॥
cakrarakṣau tu pāñcālyau yudhāmanyūttamaujasau ||
bāhyena senām abhyetya jagmatuḥ savyasācinam ||
tau hi pūrvaṃ mahārāja vāritau kṛtavarmaṇā ||
praviṣṭe tv arjune rājaṃs tava sainyaṃ yuyutsayā ||
tābhyāṃ duryodhanaḥ sārdham agacchad yuddham uttamam ||
tvaritas tvaramāṇābhyāṃ bhrātṛbhyāṃ bhārato balī ||
tāv abhidravatām enam ubhāv udyatakārmukau ||
mahārathasamākhyātau kṣatriyapravarau yudhi ||
But the two wheel-guardians, the Panchalas Yudhamanyu and Uttamaujas, having gone around the army [by] the outer [side], went [toward] Savyasachin. Those two, indeed, O great king, had earlier been held back by Kritavarman, [when] Arjuna entered your army, O king, [with] eagerness for battle. [With] those two brothers Duryodhana, mighty Bharata, entered [into] an excellent battle together, hastening, [with] the hastening brothers.
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Arjuna's wheel-guards hasten toward him, but Duryodhana blocks their path: each is drawn toward his own duty. It is telling that even the instigator himself takes his stand in battle, carrying out his teacher's counsel. The verse teaches that in war each is drawn to his own portion: some to shield the one they love, others to bar their way, and the clash of duties gives rise to battle, where each, in his own manner, remains true to his own.