अथापरे शरैरविंद्धा क्ष॒क्रवेगेरितास्तथा । वेलामिव समासाद्य व्यतिष्ठचन्नमितौजस:
athāpare śarair avinddhāḥ śakravegeritās tathā | velām iva samāsādya vyatiṣṭhacan namitaujasaḥ ||
फिर दूसरे अमित तेजस्वी दैत्य-दानव बाणों से घायल और चक्र के वेग से कम्पित होकर, तट पर आकर रुक जाने वाली समुद्र-तरंगों के समान, सीमा तक पहुँचकर वहीं ठहर गए; आगे न बढ़ सके।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Power and aggression meet natural limits: when confronted by superior force (here, weapons), even the mighty are checked and must stop—an image that underscores restraint and the inevitability of boundaries in conflict.
A group of opponents, wounded by arrows and shaken by the rush of a discus, advance only up to a limit and then halt—likened to waves that surge to the shore but cannot go beyond it.