अन्योन्यस्य हयान् हत्वा धनुषी विनिकृत्य च ॥
विरथाव् असियुद्धाय समेयातां महारणे ॥
आर्षभे चर्मणी चित्रे प्रगृह्य विपुले शुभे ॥
विकोशौ चाप्य् असी कृत्वा समरे तौ विचेरतुः ॥
चरन्तौ विविधान् मार्गान् मण्डलानि च भागशः ॥
मुहुर् आजघ्नतुः क्रुद्धाव् अन्योन्यम् अरिमर्दनौ ॥
anyonyasya hayān hatvā dhanuṣī vinikṛtya ca ||
virathāv asiyuddhāya sameyātāṃ mahāraṇe ||
ārṣabhe carmaṇī citre pragṛhya vipule śubhe ||
vikośau cāpy asī kṛtvā samare tau viceratuḥ ||
carantau vividhān mārgān maṇḍalāni ca bhāgaśaḥ ||
muhur ājaghnatuḥ kruddhāv anyonyam arimardanau ||
Having slain each other's horses and cut apart their bows, chariotless, they came together in a great battle for a sword-fight. Having taken up two wondrous, broad, beautiful shields of bull-hide and bared their swords, those two darted about in battle. Passing through various maneuvers and circles, in parts, the crushers of foes, enraged, again and again struck each other.
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Stripped of horses and bows, the fighters do not retreat but take up their swords: valor does not depend on the kind of weapon. It is telling that the fight moves from distant to close, ever tighter: a true contest goes to the very limit. The verse teaches that courage is tested by a change of circumstance; and one who, deprived of chariot and bow, takes up sword and shield shows that his strength lies in spirit, not in equipment.