Shloka 20
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 25 — Bhīma’s Disruption of Elephant Formations and Bhagadatta’s Shock Advance
जैसे मदकी धारा बहानेवाले दो विशाल गजयूथपतियोंमें लड़ाई होती है, उसी प्रकार सेनासहित उन दोनों वृद्ध नरेशोंमें बड़ा भयंकर युद्ध होने लगा ।। विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ विराट मत्स्यमार्च्छताम् । सहसैन्यौ सहानीकं यथेन्द्राग्नी पुरा बलिम्
vindānuvindāv āvantyau virāṭa-matsya-mārcchatām | sahasainyau sahānīkaṁ yathendrāgnī purā balim ||
Sañjaya said: Vindā and Anuvindā of Avanti charged against Virāṭa, king of the Matsyas. With their troops and battle-formations they fell upon him, as Indra and Agni in former times assailed Bali. Thus, amid the armies, a fierce clash arose—war’s overwhelming force, where valor and duty drive kings into perilous combat.
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