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एकस् तु सुखसंवृद्धो बाल्याद् दर्पाच् च निर्भयः ॥
इष्वस्त्रविन् महातेजा लक्ष्मणो ऽऽर्जुनिम् अभ्ययात् ॥
तम् अन्वग् एवास्य पिता पुत्रगृद्धी न्यवर्तत ॥
अनु दुर्योधनं चान्ये न्यवर्तन्त महारथाः ॥
तं ते ऽभिषिषिचुर् बाणैर् मेघा गिरिम् इवाम्बुभिः ॥
स च तान् प्रममाथैको विष्वग् वातो यथाम्बुदान् ॥
ekas tu sukhasaṃvṛddho bālyād darpāc ca nirbhayaḥ ||
iṣvastravin mahātejā lakṣmaṇo ''rjunim abhyayāt ||
tam anvag evāsya pitā putragṛddhī nyavartata ||
anu duryodhanaṃ cānye nyavartanta mahārathāḥ ||
taṃ te 'bhiṣiṣicur bāṇair meghā girim ivāmbubhiḥ ||
sa ca tān pramamāthaiko viṣvag vāto yathāmbudān ||
But one — raised in comfort, fearless out of youth and self-assurance, knower of bow and weapons, radiant Lakshmana — rushed at the son of Arjuna. Following him, his father, devoted to his son, turned to follow, and after Duryodhana the rest of the great chariot-warriors turned as well. They drenched him [Abhimanyu] with arrows, as clouds drench a mountain with streams; and he alone scattered them everywhere, as the wind scatters clouds.
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Lakshmana, like Abhimanyu, is young and fearless — "out of youth and pride"; two boys meet, and behind each stands a loving father. It is telling that Duryodhana, "devoted to his son," turns to follow: even in him, the persecutor, lives the same fatherly love that moves the Pandavas as well. The verse teaches that a father's love is equally strong in the righteous and the unrighteous — it does not distinguish between camps; that youthful daring, knowing no fear "out of youth and pride," draws the young toward their doom; and that in this meeting of two boys, each backed by a loving father, the twofold bitterness of a fratricidal war reveals itself — for whosever blood is shed, a father will weep, and the grief will be the same on both sides.