'And the son of Bharadwāja continued the contest with Phālguna, countering the celestial weapons loosed by him with his own divine missiles.' ।। 4-53-46 ।।
'And the combat that raged between those enraged lions among men—each unable to endure the other—was like the clash of the gods and the Dānavas.' ।। 4-53-47 ।।
ऐन्द्रं वायव्यम आग्नेयम अस्त्रम अस्त्रेण पाण्डवः दरॊणेन मुक्तं मुक्तं तु गरसते सम पुनः पुनः ।। ४-५३-४८ ।।
'The son of Pāṇḍu, with unerring skill, time and again foiled the Aindra, Vāyavya, and Agneya weapons launched by Droṇa, meeting each with weapons of his own.' ।। 4-53-48 ।।
'Loosing keen shafts in rapid succession, those mighty bowmen filled the heavens with showers of arrows, casting a vast and shifting canopy of shade across the field.' ।। 4-53-49 ।।