ततस् तां भीमनिर्घोषाम् आपतन्तीं महागदाम् ॥
गदया राक्षसो घोरो निजघान ननाद च ॥
तद् दृष्ट्वा राक्षसेन्द्रस्य घोरं कर्म भयावहम् ॥
भीमसेनः प्रहृष्टात्मा गदाम् आशु परामृशत् ॥
तयोः समभवद् युद्धं तुमुलं नररक्षसोः ॥
गदानिपातसंह्रादैर् भुवं कम्पयतोर् भृशम् ॥
गदाविमुक्तौ तौ भूयः समासाद्येतरेतरम् ॥
मुष्टिभिर् वज्रसंह्रादैर् अन्योन्यम् अभिजघ्नतुः ॥
रथचक्रैर् युगैर् अक्षैर् अधिष्ठानैर् उपस्करैः ॥
यथासन्नम् उपादाय निजघ्नतुर् अमर्षणौ ॥
तौ विक्षरन्तौ रुधिरं समासाद्येतरेतरम् ॥
मत्ताव् इव महानागाव् अकृष्येतां पुनः पुनः ॥
तम् अपश्यद् धृषीकेशः पाण्डवानां हिते रतः ॥
स भीमसेनरक्षार्थं हैडिम्बं प्रत्यचोदयत् ॥
tatas tāṃ bhīmanirghoṣām āpatantīṃ mahāgadām ||
gadayā rākṣaso ghoro nijaghāna nanāda ca ||
tad dṛṣṭvā rākṣasendrasya ghoraṃ karma bhayāvaham ||
bhīmasenaḥ prahṛṣṭātmā gadām āśu parāmṛśat ||
tayoḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ nararakṣasoḥ ||
gadānipātasaṃhrādair bhuvaṃ kampayator bhṛśam ||
gadāvimuktau tau bhūyaḥ samāsādyetaretaram ||
muṣṭibhir vajrasaṃhrādair anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ ||
rathacakrair yugair akṣair adhiṣṭhānair upaskaraiḥ ||
yathāsannam upādāya nijaghnatur amarṣaṇau ||
tau vikṣarantau rudhiraṃ samāsādyetaretaram ||
mattāv iva mahānāgāv akṛṣyetāṃ punaḥ punaḥ ||
tam apaśyad dhṛṣīkeśaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ hite rataḥ ||
sa bhīmasenarakṣārthaṃ haiḍimbaṃ pratyacodayat ||
Roaring, Bhima hurled at him a heavy, terrible mace. Then the terrible rakshasa struck down that dreadfully roaring, swooping great mace with his own mace, and roared. Seeing that terrible, dreadful deed of the lord of rakshasas, Bhimasena, his spirit rising, swiftly seized a mace. Between the two of them a tumultuous battle broke out, of man and rakshasa, the crash of falling maces shaking the earth violently. Both, their maces spent, closed with one another again and struck each other with fists that crashed like the thunderbolt. With chariot wheels, yokes, axles, frames and fittings, seizing whatever came to hand, they struck each other in fury. Both, streaming with blood, closed with one another again, coming together again and again like furious great elephants. Hrishikesha, devoted to the welfare of the Pandavas, saw this, and to protect Bhimasena he urged on the son of Hidimba [Ghatotkacha].
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The duel descends from maces to fists, to the wreckage of chariots -- to the raw fury of naked strength. It is telling that Krishna, ever watchful over the Pandavas, sends Ghatotkacha to the rescue at the needed moment: the guide does not abandon his own in distress. The verse teaches that even the greatest strength needs help, and wise providence sends it in time; and the Lord's care for those He guides shows itself not in word but in deed -- in the hour when strength is failing.