द्रुपदं वृषसेनस् तु ससैन्यं सपदानुगम् ॥
वारयाम् आस समरे द्रोणप्रेप्सुं महारथम् ॥
विराटं द्रुतम् आयान्तं द्रोणस्य निधनं प्रति ॥
मद्रराजः सुसंक्रुद्धो वारयाम् आस भारत ॥
शतानीकम् अथायान्तं नाकुलिं रभसं रणे ॥
चित्रसेनो रुरोधाशु शरैर् द्रोणवधेप्सया ॥
अर्जुनं च युधां श्रेष्ठं प्राद्रवन्तं महारथम् ॥
अलम्बुसो महाराज राक्षसेन्द्रो न्यवारयत् ॥
drupadaṃ vṛṣasenas tu sasainyaṃ sapadānugam ||
vārayām āsa samare droṇaprepsuṃ mahāratham ||
virāṭaṃ drutam āyāntaṃ droṇasya nidhanaṃ prati ||
madrarājaḥ susaṃkruddho vārayām āsa bhārata ||
śatānīkam athāyāntaṃ nākuliṃ rabhasaṃ raṇe ||
citraseno rurodhāśu śarair droṇavadhepsayā ||
arjunaṃ ca yudhāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ prādravantaṃ mahāratham ||
alambuso mahārāja rākṣasendro nyavārayat ||
And at Drupada, with his army and companions, Vrishasena restrained him in the fight — Drupada, rushing toward Drona, the great warrior. Virata, swiftly advancing toward Drona's destruction, the king of Madra (Shalya), wrathful, restrained him, O Bharata. Then at the advancing Shatanika, son of Nakula, furious in battle, Chitrasena swiftly blocked him with arrows — though he thirsted for Drona's destruction. And at Arjuna, best of fighters, rushing forward, the great warrior, Alambusa, O great king, lord of rakshasas, blocked the way.
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Every path to Drona is barred: whoever rushes toward him meets his own opponent. It is telling that a rakshasa, Alambusa, is set against Arjuna — a superhuman force matched against the greatest archer among men. The verse teaches that a besieged center is defended by intercepting each thrust toward it, one by one; but such defense only delays the reckoning: a multitude of barriers checks the onslaught, yet does not cancel what it is aimed at.