तत्राद्भुतम् अपश्याम भीमसेनस्य विक्रमम् ॥
संवार्याधिरथिं बाणैर् यज् जघान तवात्मजान् ॥
स वार्यमाणो भीमेन शितैर् बाणैः समन्ततः ॥
सूतपुत्रो महाराज भीमसेनम् अवैक्षत ॥
तं भीमसेनः संरम्भात् क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः ॥
विस्फार्य सुमहच् चापं मुहुः कर्णम् अवैक्षत ॥
tatrādbhutam apaśyāma bhīmasenasya vikramam ||
saṃvāryādhirathiṃ bāṇair yaj jaghāna tavātmajān ||
sa vāryamāṇo bhīmena śitair bāṇaiḥ samantataḥ ||
sūtaputro mahārāja bhīmasenam avaikṣata ||
taṃ bhīmasenaḥ saṃrambhāt krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ ||
visphārya sumahac cāpaṃ muhuḥ karṇam avaikṣata ||
"There we beheld a wonder — the valor of Bhimasena: that, restraining the son of Adhiratha with arrows, he yet slew your sons. He, held in check by Bhima's sharp arrows from every side, the son of the suta, O great king, gazed at Bhimasena. And at him Bhimasena, in fury, his eyes crimson with wrath, drawing his mighty bow, gazed again and again at Karna."
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The wonder of Bhima is to hold Karna in check and strike down the brothers at once — a strength that masters two tasks in a single moment. It is telling that the chapter closes not with a blow but with a gaze — the two lock eyes, and the clash pauses on the edge of a new eruption. The verse teaches that in battle it is not raw force alone that decides, but wholeness of spirit holding many things at once; and a gaze that meets a gaze can be more fearsome than a raised weapon.