Verse 28

²²There he heard the brahmins telling of the killing of every king in the battle between the Kurus and the Pandavas, and he thought that the earth's burden had been lifted. ²³Bhima and Duryodhana were fighting with maces on the field, and the joy of the Yadus went to Vinasana, meaning to hold them back. ²⁴Yudhisthira saw him, and so did the twins, and Krsna and Arjuna. They greeted him and stood silent, wondering what he had come to say. ²⁵He saw the two of them, mace in hand, beside themselves, each set on winning, circling one another in strange wheeling patterns, and he said this: ²⁶You two are heroes of equal strength. King, and you, Wolf-belly: I think one of you has the greater force of life and the other the greater training.

²⁷So, since the two of you are equal in valour, no victory can be seen here for either the one or the other. Let this fight stop; it will bear no fruit. ²⁸They would not take that word, king, sensible as it was, for their enmity was set fast and each kept remembering the other's foul speech and evil doing.