Shloka 6.53.20
युद्धकाण्डे त्रिपञ्चाशः सर्गः — धूम्राक्षवधश्रवणं, वज्रदंष्ट्रप्रेषणं, अङ्गद-राक्षसयुद्धम् (Ravana Dispatches Vajradamshtra; Portents and Angada’s Assault)
केचिदन्योन्यमासाद्यशूराःपरिघपाणयः ।चिक्षिपुर्विविधंशस्त्रंसमरेष्न्विवर्तिनः ।।।।
kecid anyonyam āsādya śūrāḥ parighapāṇayaḥ |
cikṣipur vividhaṃ śastraṃ samareṣv anivartinaḥ ||
Some heroes—whose hands were like iron clubs and who never turned back in battle—closed upon one another and hurled weapons of many kinds in the fray.
Heroes in war whose hand s were like iron clubs, who never turned back in war, indeed flung weapons of many kinds on one another.
Steadfastness (anivṛtti) is praised as a warriorly quality, but dharma also demands that such resolve be in service of righteous ends, not mere aggression.
The battle intensifies into close engagement, with opposing fighters converging and exchanging volleys of diverse weapons.
Courage and unwavering resolve in combat (dhairya/śaurya), expressed as refusing to retreat.