तयोः समभवद् युद्धं वृत्रवासवयोर् इव ॥
ददृशुस् तावकाः सर्वे पाण्डवाश् च महारथाः ॥
तौ समेतौ महायुद्धे क्रोधदीप्तौ परस्परम् ॥
महाबलौ महाराज क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनौ ॥
परस्परम् अवेक्षेतां कालानलसमौ युधि ॥
तयोः समागमो घोरो बभूव कटुकोदयः ॥
यथा देवासुरे युद्धे शक्रशम्बरयोर् इव ॥
tayoḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ vṛtravāsavayor iva ||
dadṛśus tāvakāḥ sarve pāṇḍavāś ca mahārathāḥ ||
tau sametau mahāyuddhe krodhadīptau parasparam ||
mahābalau mahārāja krodhasaṃraktalocanau ||
parasparam avekṣetāṃ kālānalasamau yudhi ||
tayoḥ samāgamo ghoro babhūva kaṭukodayaḥ ||
yathā devāsure yuddhe śakraśambarayor iva ||
Between them arose a battle like that of Vritra and Vasava; all your warriors and the great chariot-warriors of the Pandavas watched it. The two, having met in the great battle, blazed with wrath against each other; both mighty, O great king, with eyes reddened by fury, they gazed at one another as if equal in battle to the fire of time's end. Their dreadful encounter had a bitter beginning, as in the battle of gods and asuras, the clash of Shakra and Shambara.'
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The chapter ends not with resolution but with the tightening of confrontation. Abhimanyu and Alambusha are set alongside mythic adversaries, because their fight is now felt as a clash between two ultimate forces on the field.