स तथोक्तो महाबाहुः सर्वभारसहं नवम् ॥
अभिपत्याददे क्षिप्रम् आयुधप्रवरं दृढम् ॥
संरब्धश् च शरान् अस्यन् द्रोणं दुर्वारणं रणे ॥
विवारयिषुर् आचार्यं शरवर्षैर् अवाकिरत् ॥
तौ न्यवारयतां श्रेष्ठौ संरब्धौ रणशोभिनौ ॥
उदीरयेतां ब्राह्माणि दिव्यान्य् अस्त्राण्य् अनेकशः ॥
sa tathokto mahābāhuḥ sarvabhārasahaṃ navam ||
abhipatyādade kṣipram āyudhapravaraṃ dṛḍham ||
saṃrabdhaś ca śarān asyan droṇaṃ durvāraṇaṃ raṇe ||
vivārayiṣur ācāryaṃ śaravarṣair avākirat ||
tau nyavārayatāṃ śreṣṭhau saṃrabdhau raṇaśobhinau ||
udīrayetāṃ brāhmāṇi divyāny astrāṇy anekaśaḥ ||
He, thus addressed, the mighty-armed one, snatching up quickly a new bow able to bear every weight, the foremost and sturdy weapon. And, enraged, shooting arrows at Drona, unstoppable in battle, wishing to check the Acharya, he covered him with showers of arrows. The two foremost warriors, enraged and resplendent in battle, held each other back, raising up brahmanical, divine weapons again and again.
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The duel of "those shining in battle" raises up divine weapons — the highest art applied to fratricidal slaughter. It is telling that the beauty of martial skill here only heightens the tragedy: astras granted for the defense of dharma are turned by teacher and slayer against one another. The verse teaches that the grandeur of means does not sanctify the end; and the splendor of combat, stripped of higher meaning, is but the gorgeous garment of approaching grief.