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Shloka 17

कर्णभीमयुद्धम्

Karna–Bhīma Combat Report

तयो: समभवद्‌ युद्ध नरराक्षसयोर्मथे । यादृगेव पुरा वृत्तं रामरावणयोरनप,राजन! पूर्वकालमें जिस प्रकार श्रीराम और रावणका संग्राम हुआ था, उसी प्रकार उस रणक्षेत्रमें मानव भीमसेन तथा राक्षस अलम्बुषका युद्ध हुआ

tayoḥ samabhavad yuddhaṁ nara-rākṣasayor mathe | yādṛg eva purā vṛttaṁ rāma-rāvaṇayor anupa rājan ||

قال سانجيا: وبين هذين، في لُجّة القتال، نشبت معركة بين إنسان وراكشسا. أيها الملك، كانت كالمبارزة القديمة التي جرت من قبل بين راما ورافانا؛ وهكذا في ذلك الميدان تحارب بهيماسينا الإنسان مع الراكشسا ألامبوشا.

तयोःof those two
तयोः:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, dual
समभवत्arose / happened
समभवत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + भू
Formaorist (luṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
युद्धम्battle
युद्धम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध
Formneuter, nominative, singular
नरराक्षसयोःof the man and the rākṣasa
नरराक्षसयोः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनरराक्षस
Formmasculine, genitive, dual
मथेin the churning/struggle (i.e., in the melee)
मथे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमथ
Formmasculine, locative, singular
यादृक्such as / of what kind
यादृक्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयादृश्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
पुराformerly
पुरा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा
वृत्तम्occurred / happened (event)
वृत्तम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्त
Formneuter, nominative, singular
रामरावणयोःof Rāma and Rāvaṇa
रामरावणयोः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरामरावण
Formmasculine, genitive, dual

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
B
Bhīmasena
A
Alambuṣa
R
Rāma
R
Rāvaṇa
B
battlefield (raṇakṣetra)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames a present conflict through an earlier epic paradigm (Rāma–Rāvaṇa), implying that battles are not merely physical contests but moral narratives: the human champion stands as a force of dharma against a destructive, rākṣasa-like adversary.

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a fierce duel has erupted on the battlefield: Bhīmasena fights the rākṣasa Alambuṣa, and the intensity is likened to the famed war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa.