Shloka 13
Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)
आकर्णपूर्णायतसम्प्रयुक्तै: शरैस्तदा संयति तैलधौतै: । अन्योन्यमाच्छादयतां महारथौ मद्राधिपश्चापि युधिष्ठिरश्ष,मद्रराज शल्य और युधिष्ठिर दोनों महारथी कानतक खींचकर छोड़े गये और तेलमें धोये हुए बाणोंद्वारा उस समय युद्धमें एक-दूसरेको आच्छादित करने लगे
sañjaya uvāca |
ākarṇapūrṇāyatasamprayuktaiḥ śarais tadā saṃyati tailadhautaiḥ |
anyonyam ācchādayatāṃ mahārathau madrādhipaś cāpi yudhiṣṭhiraś ca ||
Sañjaya said: Then, in the thick of battle, the two great chariot-warriors—Śalya, lord of Madra, and Yudhiṣṭhira—shot arrows drawn back to the ear and released at full stretch, their shafts gleaming as if washed in oil. With those keen missiles they began to veil one another, each striving to overwhelm the other beneath an unrelenting cover of arrows.
संजय उवाच