Shloka 21
द्रोणपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 15): युधिष्ठिर-रक्षा तथा अर्जुनस्य शरवृष्टिः
ते गदे गदिनां श्रेष्ठौ समासाद्य परस्परम् । श्वसन्त्यौ नागकन्ये वा ससृजाते विभावसुम्
te gade gadināṁ śreṣṭhau samāsādya parasparam | śvasantyau nāgakanye vā sasṛjāte vibhāvasum ||
三阇耶说道：那两柄铁锤——由使锤之中最为卓绝者所挥——迎面相撞。相击之时，仿佛蛇女嘶嘶作响，又似喷吐烈焰，使战场的可怖景象与由忿怒交战所生的毁灭更为炽烈。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how unchecked martial fury turns skill into destructive spectacle: even weapons seem alive, hissing and spitting fire. It implicitly warns that prowess without restraint magnifies suffering in war.
Sañjaya describes a close-quarters mace exchange: two mighty maces collide repeatedly, and the impact is poetically likened to serpent-maidens hissing while producing fire—an image for sparks and the ferocity of the duel.