न हयान् न रथं तस्य न ध्वजं न घटोत्कचम् ॥
दृष्टवन्तः स्म समरे शरौघैर् अभिसंवृतम् ॥
स तु कर्णस्य तद् दिव्यम् अस्त्रम् अस्त्रेण शातयन् ॥
मायायुद्धेन मायावी सूतपुत्रम् अयोधयत् ॥
सो ऽयोधयत् तदा कर्णं मायया लाघवेन च ॥
अलक्ष्यमाणो ऽथ दिवि शरजालेषु संपतन् ॥
भैमसेनिर् महामायो मायया कुरुसत्तम ॥
प्रचकार महामायां मोहयन्न् इव भारत ॥
na hayān na rathaṃ tasya na dhvajaṃ na ghaṭotkacam ||
dṛṣṭavantaḥ sma samare śaraughair abhisaṃvṛtam ||
sa tu karṇasya tad divyam astram astreṇa śātayan ||
māyāyuddhena māyāvī sūtaputram ayodhayat ||
so 'yodhayat tadā karṇaṃ māyayā lāghavena ca ||
alakṣyamāṇo 'tha divi śarajāleṣu saṃpatan ||
bhaimasenir mahāmāyo māyayā kurusattama ||
pracakāra mahāmāyāṃ mohayann iva bhārata ||
Neither his horses nor his chariot, neither his banner nor Ghatotkacha himself, could they see in the battle, hidden by hosts of arrows. But he, dispelling Karna's divine weapon with his own, the sorcerer, fought the son of the suta with a battle of illusion. He fought then with Karna by sorcery and swiftness, invisible, then swooping in the sky amid webs of arrows. The son of Bhimasena, the great sorcerer, O best of the Kurus, worked a great sorcery by magic, as though bewildering everyone, O Bharata.
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Ghatotkacha fights "with sorcery and swiftness," unseen: where direct strength fails, cunning and agility take over. It is telling that the rakshasa does not yield to Karna, turning the battle into a contest of illusions. The verse teaches that struggle is waged not by force alone but also by the art of deception, concealment, and speed; and one weaker in open combat finds other paths — for each has his own gift, and the wise fight with the weapon in which they are strong.