तेषु राजसहस्रेषु पाण्डवेयेषु मारिष ॥
नैनं निरीक्षितुम् अपि कश् चिच् छक्नोति पार्थिव ॥
ऋते घटोत्कचाद् राजन् राक्षसेन्द्रान् महाबलात् ॥
भीमवीर्यबलोपेतात् क्रुद्धाद् वैवस्वताद् इव ॥
तस्य क्रुद्धस्य नेत्राभ्यां पावकः समजायत ॥
महोल्काभ्यां यथा राजन् सार्चिषः स्नेहबिन्दवः ॥
तलं तलेन संहत्य संदश्य दशनच्छदम् ॥
रथम् आस्थाय च पुनर् मायया निर्मितं पुनः ॥
teṣu rājasahasreṣu pāṇḍaveyeṣu māriṣa ||
nainaṃ nirīkṣitum api kaś cic chaknoti pārthiva ||
ṛte ghaṭotkacād rājan rākṣasendrān mahābalāt ||
bhīmavīryabalopetāt kruddhād vaivasvatād iva ||
tasya kruddhasya netrābhyāṃ pāvakaḥ samajāyata ||
maholkābhyāṃ yathā rājan sārciṣaḥ snehabindavaḥ ||
talaṃ talena saṃhatya saṃdaśya daśanacchadam ||
ratham āsthāya ca punar māyayā nirmitaṃ punaḥ ||
...as of old, having burned Tripura, in heaven, the god Maheshvara [Shiva]. Among those thousands of kings of the Pandavas, O honored one, no one could even look at him, O king, except Ghatotkacha, O king, the mighty lord of rakshasas, endowed with fearsome valor and strength, as if from wrathful Vaivasvata [Yama]. From his eyes, in his wrath, fire was born, as from two meteors, O king, drops of oil with flame. Striking palm against palm, biting his lip...
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Karna, having destroyed the host, shines "like Shiva, who burned Tripura": the victor is likened to the god of destruction. It is significant that only Ghatotkacha is able to look at him — equal rises against equal. The verse teaches that only the fearsome can face the fearsome; and where thousands dim, not daring even to look, one steps forward who has the spirit for it — for a great trial is fit only for the great, and only the truly mighty finds a true rival.