वैशंपायन उवाच
तस्याः श्रुत्वैव वचनम् उत्पपात युधिष्ठिरः ॥
अर्जुनो नकुलश् चैव सहदेवश् च वीर्यवान् ॥
तौ ते ददृशुर् आसक्तौ विकर्षन्तौ परस्परम् ॥
काङ्क्षमाणौ जयं चैव सिंहाव् इव रणोत्कटौ ॥
ताव् अन्योन्यं समाश्लिष्य विकर्षन्तौ परस्परम् ॥
दावाग्निधूमसदृशं चक्रतुः पार्थिवं रजः ॥
वसुधारेणुसंवीतौ वसुधाधरसंनिभौ ॥
विभ्राजेतां यथा शैलौ नीहारेणाभिसंवृतौ ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
tasyāḥ śrutvaiva vacanam utpapāta yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
arjuno nakulaś caiva sahadevaś ca vīryavān ||
tau te dadṛśur āsaktau vikarṣantau parasparam ||
kāṅkṣamāṇau jayaṃ caiva siṃhāv iva raṇotkaṭau ||
tāv anyonyaṃ samāśliṣya vikarṣantau parasparam ||
dāvāgnidhūmasadṛśaṃ cakratuḥ pārthivaṃ rajaḥ ||
vasudhāreṇusaṃvītau vasudhādharasaṃnibhau ||
vibhrājetāṃ yathā śailau nīhāreṇābhisaṃvṛtau ||
Vaishampayana said: "Hardly had he heard her word when Yudhishthira sprang up, and Arjuna, and Nakula, and valiant Sahadeva. They saw those two, grappling, dragging one another, craving victory, like two lions, fierce in battle. The two, having seized each other and dragging one another, raised earthly dust resembling the smoke of a forest fire; and, covered with the dust of the earth, resembling mountains, they shone like two crags wrapped in mist."
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Here the verse shows the grandeur of the clash through a sequence of majestic comparisons — lions, mountains, a forest fire. It is telling that the brothers, having sprung up, do not rush at once into the fight: they trust Bhima and only watch the duel. A true battle of the righteous carries within it grandeur, not commotion: it resembles a clash of elements, not a brawl. Telling too is the comparison of the fighters to two crags in the mist — for a moment they seem equal in might, but the coming outcome will show the inequality of their strength. The verse raises the account to the image of a cosmic struggle in which dharma overcomes brute force.