विन्दानुविन्दाव् आवन्त्यौ विराटं दशभिः शरैः ॥
आजघ्नतुः सुसंक्रुद्धौ तव पुत्रहितैषिणौ ॥
विराटश् च महाराज ताव् उभौ समरे स्थितौ ॥
पराक्रान्तौ पराक्रम्य योधयाम् आस सानुगौ ॥
तेषां युद्धं समभवद् दारुणं शोणितोदकम् ॥
सिंहस्य द्विपमुख्याभ्यां प्रभिन्नाभ्यां यथा वने ॥
vindānuvindāv āvantyau virāṭaṃ daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
ājaghnatuḥ susaṃkruddhau tava putrahitaiṣiṇau ||
virāṭaś ca mahārāja tāv ubhau samare sthitau ||
parākrāntau parākramya yodhayām āsa sānugau ||
teṣāṃ yuddhaṃ samabhavad dāruṇaṃ śoṇitodakam ||
siṃhasya dvipamukhyābhyāṃ prabhinnābhyāṃ yathā vane ||
Vinda and Anuvinda of Avanti struck Virata with ten arrows, greatly enraged, wishing well for your son. And Virata, o great king, having shown valor, fought those two valiant ones as they stood in battle, along with their followers. Their battle broke out terrible, with blood instead of water, like a lion with two enraged great elephants in the forest.
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The image 'siṃhasya dvipamukhyābhyām,' 'a lion with two elephants,' depicts one against two — Virata against Vinda and Anuvinda. 'Śoṇitodakam,' 'blood instead of water,' is the measure of the fury. It is telling that here too the poet likens men to beasts, laying bare the bestial nature of the slaughter. The verse teaches that war reduces man to an elemental, animal struggle: a lion and elephants instead of men, blood instead of water; and in this likeness lies a reminder that fratricide erases the human, leaving only a clash of natures.