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कृतवर्मा च हार्दिक्यो युधिष्ठिरम् उपाद्रवत् ॥
द्रोणं प्रति जिघांसन्तं मत्तो मत्तम् इव द्विपम् ॥
शैनेयं शरवर्षाणि विकिरन्तं समन्ततः ॥
अभ्ययात् कौरवो राजन् भूरिः संग्राममूर्धनि ॥
सहदेवम् अथायान्तं द्रोणप्रेप्सुं महारथम् ॥
कर्णो वैकर्तनो राजन् वारयाम् आस पाण्डवम् ॥
भीमसेनम् अथायान्तं व्यादितास्यम् इवान्तकम् ॥
स्वयं दुर्योधनो युद्धे प्रतीपं मृत्युम् आव्रजत् ॥
kṛtavarmā ca hārdikyo yudhiṣṭhiram upādravat ||
droṇaṃ prati jighāṃsantaṃ matto mattam iva dvipam ||
śaineyaṃ śaravarṣāṇi vikirantaṃ samantataḥ ||
abhyayāt kauravo rājan bhūriḥ saṃgrāmamūrdhani ||
sahadevam athāyāntaṃ droṇaprepsuṃ mahāratham ||
karṇo vaikartano rājan vārayām āsa pāṇḍavam ||
bhīmasenam athāyāntaṃ vyāditāsyam ivāntakam ||
svayaṃ duryodhano yuddhe pratīpaṃ mṛtyum āvrajat ||
Kritavarman, son of Hridika, rushed at Yudhishthira, who was thirsting to slay Drona — like a raging elephant against a raging elephant. At Shaineya (Satyaki), who was scattering showers of arrows on every side, the Kaurava Bhuri attacked, O king, in the vanguard of the battle. Then at the advancing Sahadeva, rushing toward Drona, the great warrior, Karna Vaikartana, O king, restrained the Pandava. Then at the advancing Bhimasena, like Antaka with jaws agape, Duryodhana himself in the fight went forth to meet his own death.
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The chain of duels begins, and every fighter is met by his rival. It is telling that of Duryodhana, going out against Bhima, it is said: "he went forth to meet his own death" — fate is already written into this advance, for Bhima is destined to slay him. The verse teaches that a man often rushes on his own toward his appointed end, mistaking his ruin for valor; and in courage unlit by discernment there may lurk a blind movement toward one's own destruction.