वारयित्वा तु सौभद्रं भीमसेनः प्रतापवान् ॥
शल्यम् आसाद्य समरे तस्थौ गिरिर् इवाचलः ॥
तथैव मद्रराजो ऽपि भीमं दृष्ट्वा महाबलम् ॥
ससाराभिमुखस् तूर्णं शार्दूल इव कुञ्जरम् ॥
ततस् तूर्यनिनादाश् च शङ्खानां च सहस्रशः ॥
सिंहनादाश् च संजज्ञुर् भेरीणां च महास्वनाः ॥
vārayitvā tu saubhadraṃ bhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān ||
śalyam āsādya samare tasthau girir ivācalaḥ ||
tathaiva madrarājo 'pi bhīmaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahābalam ||
sasārābhimukhas tūrṇaṃ śārdūla iva kuñjaram ||
tatas tūryaninādāś ca śaṅkhānāṃ ca sahasraśaḥ ||
siṃhanādāś ca saṃjajñur bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanāḥ ||
Having restrained Saubhadra [Abhimanyu], mighty Bhimasena, engaging Shalya in battle, stood like an immovable crag. Likewise the king of Madra [Shalya], seeing the mighty Bhima, rushed at once toward him, like a tiger at an elephant. Then arose [the din] of horns and conches by the thousands, and lion-roars, and the mighty rumble of kettledrums.
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Bhima stands "like an immovable crag" — an image of steadfastness ready to meet any assault. Both warriors are likened to mountain, tiger, and elephant alike: the tale raises them to the level of elemental forces, for their clash is no petty human quarrel but a collision of two mighty powers. The din of horns and cries reveals that the battle of two giants is an event before which all the armies fall still. The verse teaches that true strength meets an onslaught not with a burst of passion but with steadfastness, as a crag meets the wave; that a great confrontation rivets the gaze of all; and that in the clash of equal valors a greatness is revealed that surpasses the ordinary measure of enmity.