तं श्रुत्वा सुमहानादं भीमसेनस्य धन्विनः ॥
बभूव परमा प्रीतिर् धर्मराजस्य संयुगे ॥
ततो हृष्टो महाराज वादित्राणां महास्वनैः ॥
भीमसेनरवं पार्थः प्रतिजग्राह सर्वशः ॥
अभ्ययाच् चैव समरे द्रोणम् अस्त्रभृतां वरम् ॥
हर्षेण महता युक्तः कृतसंज्ञे वृकोदरे ॥
taṃ śrutvā sumahānādaṃ bhīmasenasya dhanvinaḥ ||
babhūva paramā prītir dharmarājasya saṃyuge ||
tato hṛṣṭo mahārāja vāditrāṇāṃ mahāsvanaiḥ ||
bhīmasenaravaṃ pārthaḥ pratijagrāha sarvaśaḥ ||
abhyayāc caiva samare droṇam astrabhṛtāṃ varam ||
harṣeṇa mahatā yuktaḥ kṛtasaṃjñe vṛkodare ||
Hearing that mighty roar of Bhimasena the archer, supreme joy arose in the King of Dharma amid the fray. Then, rejoicing, O great king, to the loud sound of instruments, Partha took up Bhimasena's roar and echoed it on every side. And when Vrikodara had given the signal, [Arjuna], filled with great joy, rushed into battle toward Drona, foremost among wielders of weapons.
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Bhima's roar is a signal agreed upon, and the brothers answer it with concerted action: Yudhishthira rejoices, Arjuna advances against Drona. It is telling, this unity — one man's feat becomes a signal for all: where there is a shared truth, there the will too is one. The verse teaches that the strength of brothers lies in accord; the roar of one, heard by the others as a call, turns scattered valor into a single formation that no discord among the enemy can withstand.