कृतवर्मा तु संक्रुद्धो धर्मपुत्रस्य मारिष ॥
धनुश् चिच्छेद भल्लेन तं च विव्याध सप्तभिः ॥
अथान्यद् धनुर् आदाय धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥
हार्दिक्यं दशभिर् बाणैर् बाह्वोर् उरसि चार्पयत् ॥
माधवस् तु रणे विद्धो धर्मपुत्रेण मारिष ॥
प्राकम्पत च रोषेण सप्तभिश् चार्दयच् छरैः ॥
तस्य पार्थो धनुश् छित्त्वा हस्तावापं निकृत्य च ॥
प्राहिणोन् निशितान् बाणान् पञ्च राजञ् शिलाशितान् ॥
kṛtavarmā tu saṃkruddho dharmaputrasya māriṣa ||
dhanuś ciccheda bhallena taṃ ca vivyādha saptabhiḥ ||
athānyad dhanur ādāya dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
hārdikyaṃ daśabhir bāṇair bāhvor urasi cārpayat ||
mādhavas tu raṇe viddho dharmaputreṇa māriṣa ||
prākampata ca roṣeṇa saptabhiś cārdayac charaiḥ ||
tasya pārtho dhanuś chittvā hastāvāpaṃ nikṛtya ca ||
prāhiṇon niśitān bāṇān pañca rājañ śilāśitān ||
And Kritavarman, enraged, severed the bow of the son of Dharma, O honored one, with a broad-headed shaft, and pierced him with seven more. Then, taking another bow, the son of Dharma, Yudhishthira, struck the son of Hridika with ten arrows, driving them into his arms and chest. And Madhava (Kritavarman), pierced in battle by the son of Dharma, O honored one, trembled with fury and struck him with seven arrows in return. Partha, having cut his bow and severed his gauntlet, sent forth five sharp arrows, O king, whetted on stone.
c2d7b3da6a86 · publicado 19 jul 2026, 16:40:46 UTC
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The duel of equals unfolds in a chain of answering blows: bow against bow, wound against wound. It is telling that Kritavarman "trembled with fury" — anger betrays vulnerability even in a skilled warrior. The verse teaches that fury is both strength and weakness: it kindles the returning blow, but also unsteadies the hand; one who is master of himself strikes truer than one inflamed, and so cold self-command must stand above the heat of passion, without which even valor loses its aim.