पार्थाञ् जित्वाजयच् चेदीन् पाञ्चालान् सृञ्जयान् अपि ॥
केकयांश् च महावीर्यान् कृतवर्मा महारथः ॥
ते वध्यमानाः समरे हार्दिक्येन स्म पाण्डवाः ॥
इतश् चेतश् च धावन्तो नैव चक्रुर् धृतिं रणे ॥
जित्वा पाण्डुसुतान् युद्धे भीमसेनपुरोगमान् ॥
हार्दिक्यः समरे ऽतिष्ठद् विधूम इव पावकः ॥
ते द्राव्यमाणाः समरे हार्दिक्येन महारथाः ॥
विमुखाः समपद्यन्त शरवृष्टिभिर् अर्दिताः ॥
pārthāñ jitvājayac cedīn pāñcālān sṛñjayān api ||
kekayāṃś ca mahāvīryān kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ ||
te vadhyamānāḥ samare hārdikyena sma pāṇḍavāḥ ||
itaś cetaś ca dhāvanto naiva cakrur dhṛtiṃ raṇe ||
jitvā pāṇḍusutān yuddhe bhīmasenapurogamān ||
hārdikyaḥ samare 'tiṣṭhad vidhūma iva pāvakaḥ ||
te drāvyamāṇāḥ samare hārdikyena mahārathāḥ ||
vimukhāḥ samapadyanta śaravṛṣṭibhir arditāḥ ||
Having conquered the Parthas, Kritavarman, the great warrior, conquered the Chedis, the Panchalas, the Srinjayas, and the mighty Kekayas as well. The Pandavas, being struck down in battle by the son of Hridika, rushing hither and thither, found no steadiness at all in the fight. Having conquered the sons of Pandu in battle, led by Bhimasena, the son of Hridika stood in battle like a smokeless fire. Those great warriors, being routed in battle by the son of Hridika, turned away, tormented by showers of arrows.
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Kritavarman stands "like a smokeless fire" -- pure, even, the searing heat of valor without admixture. It is fitting that the epic crowns the image of his feat with an untainted brilliance. And yet this valor serves a doomed cause. The verse teaches that purity of courage and rightness of cause are not the same thing: one can burn with the smokeless, even fire of bravery and still stand for wrong; and the brightness of valor, however radiant, does not justify the end for which it is spent.