शूलमुद्गरधारिण्या शैलपादपहस्तया ॥
रक्षसां घोररूपाणां महत्या सेनया वृतः ॥
तम् उद्यतमहाचापं दृष्ट्वा ते व्यथिता नृपाः ॥
भूतान्तकम् इवायान्तं कालदण्डोग्रधारिणम् ॥
घटोत्कचप्रमुक्तेन सिंहनादेन भीषिताः ॥
प्रसुस्रुवुर् गजा मूत्रं विव्यथुश् च नरा भृशम् ॥
ततो ऽश्मवृष्टिर् अत्युग्रा महत्य् आसीत् समन्ततः ॥
अर्धरात्रे ऽधिकबलैर् विमुक्ता रक्षसां बलैः ॥
śūlamudgaradhāriṇyā śailapādapahastayā ||
rakṣasāṃ ghorarūpāṇāṃ mahatyā senayā vṛtaḥ ||
tam udyatamahācāpaṃ dṛṣṭvā te vyathitā nṛpāḥ ||
bhūtāntakam ivāyāntaṃ kāladaṇḍogradhāriṇam ||
ghaṭotkacapramuktena siṃhanādena bhīṣitāḥ ||
prasusruvur gajā mūtraṃ vivyathuś ca narā bhṛśam ||
tato 'śmavṛṣṭir atyugrā mahaty āsīt samantataḥ ||
ardharātre 'dhikabalair vimuktā rakṣasāṃ balaiḥ ||
Seeing the divine weapon employed by Karna, Ghatotkacha, the rakshasa, scion of the line of Pandu, displayed a great feat of magic: surrounded by a vast army of terrible-faced rakshasas bearing spears and hammers, with rocks and trees in their hands. Seeing him with his great bow raised, the kings were struck with dread: he advanced as if he were the destroyer of beings, bearing the terrible rod of Time. Terrified by the lion-roar released by Ghatotkacha, the elephants voided their urine in fear, and the men trembled violently.
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Ghatotkacha answers the divine weapon with sorcery -- a phantom army of rakshasas: where strength falls short, illusion steps in. It is telling that terror from a single roar overwhelms the warriors before any blow is struck. The verse teaches that both deception and illusion are instruments of war; but a phantom, however terrifying, remains a phantom -- and Karna, unshaken, will dispel it. True steadfastness does not yield to induced fear.