बाणशब्दरवश् चोग्रः शुश्रुवे तत्र मारिष ॥
अथ द्रोणो द्रुतं तत्र प्रत्यदृश्यत संयुगे ॥
हृष्टो दुर्योधनश् चापि दृढम् आदाय कार्मुकम् ॥
तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति राजानं ब्रुवन् पाण्डवम् अभ्ययात् ॥
प्रत्युद्ययुस् तं त्वरिताः पाञ्चाला राजगृद्धिनः ॥
तान् द्रोणः प्रतिजग्राह परीप्सन् कुरुसत्तमम् ॥
चण्डवातोद्धतान् मेघान् निघ्नन् रश्मिमुचो यथा ॥
ततो राजन् महान् आसीत् संग्रामो भूरिवर्धनः ॥
तावकानां परेषां च समेतानां युयुत्सया ॥
bāṇaśabdaravaś cograḥ śuśruve tatra māriṣa ||
atha droṇo drutaṃ tatra pratyadṛśyata saṃyuge ||
hṛṣṭo duryodhanaś cāpi dṛḍham ādāya kārmukam ||
tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti rājānaṃ bruvan pāṇḍavam abhyayāt ||
pratyudyayus taṃ tvaritāḥ pāñcālā rājagṛddhinaḥ ||
tān droṇaḥ pratijagrāha parīpsan kurusattamam ||
caṇḍavātoddhatān meghān nighnan raśmimuco yathā ||
tato rājan mahān āsīt saṃgrāmo bhūrivardhanaḥ ||
tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca sametānāṃ yuyutsayā ||
And the fierce clamor of bowstrings and arrows was heard there, O venerable one. Then Drona swiftly appeared there in the encounter. And Duryodhana, rejoicing, taking up his firm bow, crying "stay, stay!" to the king, advanced upon the Pandava. The Panchalas, eager to slay the king, came swiftly forth to meet him; Drona met them, seeking to protect the best of the Kurus, as one striking clouds driven by a fierce wind, as the sun scatters them with its rays. Then, O king, there was a great battle, vastly swelling the realm of Yama, as your men and the enemies, gathered together, met in eagerness for combat.
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The falsely-reported-dead Duryodhana rises with the cry "stay, stay!" - the false news of his death is disproved - and Drona hastens to shield him. It is telling that the battle is called one "vastly increasing [the realm of Yama]": each new clash only swells the abode of death further. The verse teaches that joy over a supposed victory is deceptive so long as the enemy has not truly fallen; and the persistence of both hosts, meeting again and again, brings no peace closer but only multiplies the harvest of death.