ततो दुर्योधनः कर्णो द्रोणो दुःशासनस् तथा ॥
पाण्डवैः समसज्जन्त चतुर्भिश् चतुरो रथाः ॥
दुर्योधनः सह भ्रात्रा यमाभ्यां समसज्जत ॥
वृकोदरेण राधेयो भारद्वाजेन चार्जुनः ॥
तद् घोरं महद् आश्चर्यं सर्वे प्रैक्षन् समन्ततः ॥
रथर्षभाणाम् उग्राणां संनिपातम् अमानुषम् ॥
रथमार्गैर् विचित्रैश् च विचित्ररथसंकुलम् ॥
अपश्यन् रथिनो युद्धं विचित्रं चित्रयोधिनाम् ॥
tato duryodhanaḥ karṇo droṇo duḥśāsanas tathā ||
pāṇḍavaiḥ samasajjanta caturbhiś caturo rathāḥ ||
duryodhanaḥ saha bhrātrā yamābhyāṃ samasajjata ||
vṛkodareṇa rādheyo bhāradvājena cārjunaḥ ||
tad ghoraṃ mahad āścaryaṃ sarve praikṣan samantataḥ ||
ratharṣabhāṇām ugrāṇāṃ saṃnipātam amānuṣam ||
rathamārgair vicitraiś ca vicitrarathasaṃkulam ||
apaśyan rathino yuddhaṃ vicitraṃ citrayodhinām ||
...like groves of parijata, they shone, sprinkled with blood. Then Duryodhana, Karna, Drona, and Duhshasana locked in combat with the Pandavas — four chariots against four. Duryodhana, with his brother, locked in combat with the twins; with Vrikodara [Bhima] — the son of Radha [Karna]; and with the son of Bharadvaja [Drona] — Arjuna. That dreadful, great wonder all watched from every side — a superhuman collision of terrible bulls among warriors, and full of wondrous chariot-paths, full of wondrous chariots.
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Bloodied warriors shine "like groves of parijata," the heavenly tree: blood is transmuted into the crimson of paradise. It is telling that right after this the duels of the greatest begin — a "superhuman collision." The verse teaches that the epic sees in battle both beauty and superhuman greatness; but this beauty is crimson with blood, and behind the splendid spectacle of heroes colliding stands the same death — lovely from afar, terrible up close.