यथा शिलोच्चये शैलः सागरे सागरो यथा ॥
प्रतिहन्येत राजेन्द्र तथासन् कुरुपाण्डवाः ॥
ततः शङ्खसहस्राणि भेरीणाम् अयुतानि च ॥
अवादयन्त संहृष्टाः कुरुपाण्डवसैनिकाः ॥
ततो निर्मथ्यमानस्य सागरस्येव निस्वनः ॥
अभवत् तस्य सैन्यस्य सुमहान् अद्भुतोपमः ॥
yathā śiloccaye śailaḥ sāgare sāgaro yathā ||
pratihanyeta rājendra tathāsan kurupāṇḍavāḥ ||
tataḥ śaṅkhasahasrāṇi bherīṇām ayutāni ca ||
avādayanta saṃhṛṣṭāḥ kurupāṇḍavasainikāḥ ||
tato nirmathyamānasya sāgarasyeva nisvanaḥ ||
abhavat tasya sainyasya sumahān adbhutopamaḥ ||
As rock clashes against rock, as ocean against ocean, so, O lord of kings, met the Kurus and Pandavas. Then thousands of conch shells and tens of thousands of kettledrums sounded forth, rejoicing, from the warriors of Kuru and Pandava. Then, as of a churned ocean, the roar of that army was greatest, wondrous.
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The clash of hosts is likened to the collision of mountains and oceans — elements equal in might and doomed to mutual ruin. It is telling how this recalls the churning of the ocean: from that fearsome roar, as from the milk ocean, comes not nectar but death. The verse teaches that strife between equal powers brings no victory, only mutual destruction; and where elemental forces meet, what is born is not the nectar of immortality but a wave of universal ruin.