Thus in that terrible duel between those two great warriors and which was the result of their match game in dice, their banners first fought with each other and the horses of the one neighed at the horses of the other, Keshava, whose eyes were like lotuses, looked towards Shalya with piercing glances who returned them in the like manner.
तयो?रतरे युद्धे द्वैरथे द्यूत आहिते। प्रकुर्वाते ध्वजौ युद्धं पूर्वं पूर्वतरं तदा॥ हया हयानभ्यहेषन् स्पर्धमानाः परस्परम्। अविध्यत् पुण्डरीकाक्षः शल्यं नयनसायकैः॥