tayor evam praharatoh

 sama-siksa-balaujasoh

nirvisesam abhud yuddham

 aksina-javayor nrpa

 

Translation: 

 

As they thus fought, this contest between opponents of equal training, strength and stamina reached no conclusion. And so they kept on fighting, O King, without any letup.

 

Purport: 

 

Some acaryas include the following two verses in the text of this chapter, and Srila Prabhupada has also translated them in Krsna:

 

evam tayor maha-raja

 yudhyatoh sapta-vimsatih

dinani niragams tatra

 suhrd-van nisi tisthatoh

 

ekada matuleyam vai

 praha rajan vrkodarah

na sakto ’ham jarasandham

 nirjetum yudhi madhava

 

“At the end of each day’s fighting, they lived at night as friends in Jarasandha’s palace, and the next day they fought again. In this way they passed twenty-seven days in fighting. On the twenty-eighth day, Bhimasena told Krsna, ‘My dear Krsna, must frankly admit that I cannot conquer Jarasandha.’”