ततो दुर्योधनः क्रुद्धो भीमसेनस्य मारिष ॥
चिक्षेप स शरान् राजन् पश्यतां सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥
तान् निहत्य शरान् भीमो दुर्योधनधनुश्च्युतान् ॥
कौरवं पञ्चविंशत्या क्षुद्रकाणां समार्पयत् ॥
दुर्योधनस् तु संक्रुद्धो भीमसेनस्य मारिष ॥
क्षुरप्रेण धनुश् छित्त्वा दशभिः प्रत्यविध्यत ॥
अथान्यद् धनुर् आदाय भीमसेनो महाबलः ॥
विव्याध नृपतिं तूर्णं सप्तभिर् निशितैः शरैः ॥
tato duryodhanaḥ kruddho bhīmasenasya māriṣa ||
cikṣepa sa śarān rājan paśyatāṃ sarvadhanvinām ||
tān nihatya śarān bhīmo duryodhanadhanuścyutān ||
kauravaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā kṣudrakāṇāṃ samārpayat ||
duryodhanas tu saṃkruddho bhīmasenasya māriṣa ||
kṣurapreṇa dhanuś chittvā daśabhiḥ pratyavidhyata ||
athānyad dhanur ādāya bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ ||
vivyādha nṛpatiṃ tūrṇaṃ saptabhir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
Then enraged Duryodhana hurled arrows at Bhimasena, O venerable one, before the eyes of all the bowmen, O king. Having struck down those arrows fallen from Duryodhana's bow, Bhima showered the Kaurava with twenty-five small arrows. And Duryodhana, enraged, O venerable one, having cut Bhimasena's bow with a razor-arrow, pierced him back with ten. Then, taking up another bow, mighty Bhimasena pierced the king swiftly with seven sharp arrows.
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The duel of these lifelong enemies runs on equal terms, blow for blow: neither yields. It is telling that Duryodhana here is skilled and steadfast — the Mahabharata does not make him contemptible: the enemy is valiant, and for that the enmity is tragic. The verse teaches that an adversary may be both wicked in intent and brave in deed; and to see in a foe not a wretch but a formidable power is more just, and more bitter — for then the feud shows itself not as good against nothingness, but as strife between worthy men blinded by hatred.