आलिङ्ग्य चालिङ्गय च बाहुयोक्त्रैः संयोजयामासतुराहवे तौ। संरम्भशिक्षाबलसंप्रयुक्तौ सुचेरतुः संप्रति युद्धमार्गे॥ शार्दूलसिंहाविव जातदंष्ट्री गजेन्द्रपोताविव संप्रयुक्तौ। संहत्य संवेद्य च तौ कराभ्यां तौ पेततुर्वै युगपद्धरायाम्॥ उद्यम्य चान्योन्यमधिक्षिपन्तौ संचक्रमाते बहु युद्धमार्गे। व्यायामशिक्षाबलसंप्रयुक्तौ क्लमं न तौ जग्मतुराशु वीरौ ॥
āliṅgya cāliṅgaya ca bāhuyoktraiḥ saṃyojayāmāsaturāhave tau| saṃrambhaśikṣābalasaṃprayuktau suceratuḥ saṃprati yuddhamārge|| śārdūlasiṃhāviva jātadaṃṣṭrī gajendrapotāviva saṃprayuktau| saṃhatya saṃvedya ca tau karābhyāṃ tau petaturvai yugapaddharāyām|| udyamya cānyonyamadhikṣipantau saṃcakramāte bahu yuddhamārge| vyāyāmaśikṣābalasaṃprayuktau klamaṃ na tau jagmaturāśu vīrau ||
English Meaning
Having breath, they, resting for a space, grappled with each other; and they fast bound each other with their arms serving for ropes. And each fired with wrath, and each having both strength and skill, they now bore themselves in the lists like a tiger and a lion, furnished with teeth; or like the young of the foremost elephants engaged in encounter, and restraining and pushing each other with their arms, they simultaneously both came down to the ground, Then starting again to their feet, they, vituperating each other, ranged the lists, displaying feats expressive of skill and strength. Nor did those heroes speedily come by fatigue.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)