पुनर् एव ततो राजन् महान् आसीत् सुदारुणः ॥
विमर्दः सूतपुत्रस्य भीमस्य च विशां पते ॥
संरब्धौ हि महाबाहू परस्परवधैषिणौ ॥
अन्योन्यम् ईक्षां चक्राते दहन्ताव् इव लोचनैः ॥
क्रोधरक्तेक्षणौ क्रुद्धौ निःश्वसन्तौ महारथौ ॥
युद्धे ऽन्योन्यं समासाद्य ततक्षतुर् अरिंदमौ ॥
व्याघ्राव् इव सुसंरब्धौ श्येनाव् इव च शीघ्रगौ ॥
शरभाव् इव संक्रुद्धौ युयुधाते परस्परम् ॥
punar eva tato rājan mahān āsīt sudāruṇaḥ ||
vimardaḥ sūtaputrasya bhīmasya ca viśāṃ pate ||
saṃrabdhau hi mahābāhū parasparavadhaiṣiṇau ||
anyonyam īkṣāṃ cakrāte dahantāv iva locanaiḥ ||
krodharaktekṣaṇau kruddhau niḥśvasantau mahārathau ||
yuddhe 'nyonyaṃ samāsādya tatakṣatur ariṃdamau ||
vyāghrāv iva susaṃrabdhau śyenāv iva ca śīghragau ||
śarabhāv iva saṃkruddhau yuyudhāte parasparam ||
And again then, O king, there occurred a great, most terrible clash between the son of the suta and Bhima, O lord of peoples. For, enraged, mighty-armed, seeking each other's death, they fixed their gaze upon each other, as if burning with their eyes. With eyes red from wrath, furious, breathing heavily, the great warriors, meeting each other in battle, gashed one another, those tamers of foes. Like enraged tigers, like swift hawks, like furious sharabhas, they fought each other.
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A gaze that scorches before the arrow flies betrays the heart within: enmity first blazes in the eyes, and only then in the weapon. It is telling that both are likened not to men but to beasts — tigers, hawks, sharabhas: rage, carried to its limit, erases the human in a man. The verse teaches that anger surrendered to turns a warrior into a beast, and so it must be mastered before it masters you.