मध्यंदिनगतं सूर्यं प्रतपन्तं गभस्तिभिः ॥
तथा तव सुतं मध्ये प्रतपन्तं शरोर्मिभिः ॥
न शेकुर् भारतं युद्धे पाण्डवाः समवेक्षितुम् ॥
पलायने कृतोत्साहा निरुत्साहा द्विषज्जये ॥
पर्यधावन्त पाञ्चाला वध्यमाना महात्मना ॥
रुक्मपुङ्खैः प्रसन्नाग्रैस् तव पुत्रेण धन्विना ॥
अर्द्यमानाः शरैस् तूर्णं न्यपतन् पाण्डुसैनिकाः ॥
madhyaṃdinagataṃ sūryaṃ pratapantaṃ gabhastibhiḥ ||
tathā tava sutaṃ madhye pratapantaṃ śarormibhiḥ ||
na śekur bhārataṃ yuddhe pāṇḍavāḥ samavekṣitum ||
palāyane kṛtotsāhā nirutsāhā dviṣajjaye ||
paryadhāvanta pāñcālā vadhyamānā mahātmanā ||
rukmapuṅkhaiḥ prasannāgrais tava putreṇa dhanvinā ||
ardyamānāḥ śarais tūrṇaṃ nyapatan pāṇḍusainikāḥ ||
Like the sun at midday, blazing with its rays - so too your son, in the midst of battle blazing with waves of arrows, whom the Pandavas, inclined to flight and without hope of vanquishing the foe, could not even gaze upon in battle. The Panchalas scattered in flight, being slain by the great-souled one, by your bowman son with gold-feathered, bright-tipped arrows.
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Duryodhana blazes like the noonday sun, and the Pandavas cannot look upon him: detached from life, he has gained a splendor unknown to him in the days of hoping for victory. It is telling that the very might once powerless is now formidable - for to it has been added fearless resolve. The verse teaches that fear for one's life diminishes strength, while detachment from it multiplies it; and a man who ceases to cling to himself blazes forth terribly, like a heavenly body, even in an unrighteous cause.