दीप्यमानेन वपुषा रथेनादित्यवर्चसा ॥
तादृशेनैव राजेन्द्र यादृशेन घटोत्कचः ॥
तस्याप्य् अतुलनिर्घोषो बहुतोरणचित्रितः ॥
ऋक्षचर्मावनद्धाङ्गो नल्वमात्रो महारथः ॥
तस्यापि तुरगाः शीघ्रा हस्तिकायाः खरस्वनाः ॥
शतं युक्ता महाकाया मांसशोणितभोजनाः ॥
तस्यापि रथनिर्घोषो महामेघरवोपमः ॥
तस्यापि सुमहच् चापं दृढज्यं बलवत्तरम् ॥
dīpyamānena vapuṣā rathenādityavarcasā ||
tādṛśenaiva rājendra yādṛśena ghaṭotkacaḥ ||
tasyāpy atulanirghoṣo bahutoraṇacitritaḥ ||
ṛkṣacarmāvanaddhāṅgo nalvamātro mahārathaḥ ||
tasyāpi turagāḥ śīghrā hastikāyāḥ kharasvanāḥ ||
śataṃ yuktā mahākāyā māṃsaśoṇitabhojanāḥ ||
tasyāpi rathanirghoṣo mahāmegharavopamaḥ ||
tasyāpi sumahac cāpaṃ dṛḍhajyaṃ balavattaram ||
...swiftly rushed toward Bhima together with the man-eaters, with a blazing body, on a chariot with the brilliance of the sun, just such, O king of kings, as that on which Ghatotkacha [rode]. And his [chariot], incomparably resounding, adorned with many arches, its frame bound in bearskin, was a great chariot the size of a nalva. And his horses, swift, elephant-bodied, braying like donkeys, a hundred yoked, huge-bodied, feeding on flesh and blood. And the roar of his chariot was like the roar of a great cloud.
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Alayudha's chariot is described as a double of Ghatotkacha's — "just such": two rakshasa giants, equal in might, about to clash. This mirror-likeness is telling, as if fate itself had brought together twins. The verse teaches that the formidable meets its equal in formidability; and when like forces meet, the outcome is decided not by superiority of equipment, in which they are equal, but by something else — valor of spirit, loyalty, and the grace of fate.