Then those two heroes checked each other in that battle which was like a gambling match in which their lives were the stakes. Thus those two enhancers of the glory of the Kuru and the Vrishni races (respectively).
व्यष्टम्भयेतामन्योन्यं प्राणद्यूताभिदेविनौ। एवमुत्तमकर्माणौ कुरुवृष्णियशस्करौ॥