Shloka 806

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

जीमूताविव घ॒र्मान्ति गर्जमानौ नरर्षभौ । महाराज! एक-दूसरेसे स्पर्धा रखनेवाले वे दोनों नरश्रेष्ठ महाबली वीर परस्पर भिड़कर वर्षा-ऋतुमें गर्जना करनेवाले दो मेघोंके समान गरज रहे थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | jīmūtāv iva gharmānte garjamānau nararṣabhau | mahārāja! eka-dūsare-se spardhā rakhane-vāle ve donoṃ naraśreṣṭha mahābalī vīra paraspara bhiḍakara varṣā-ṛtauṃ meṃ garjanā karane-vāle dvau meghāv iva garj rahe the |

Translation

قال سنجيا: أيها الملك، إن هذين البطلين—كثورين بين الرجال، محاربين عظيمي البأس يتنافس أحدهما مع الآخر—قد تقاربا واصطدما. وكغيمتين رعديتين تهدران عند انقضاء القيظ، زأرا كلٌّ في وجه صاحبه، يتعاظم التحدّي والكبرياء مع احتشاد عاصفة القتال قوةً بعد قوة.

Word by Word

• जीमूतौ: two clouds
• जीमूतौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीमूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• घर्मान्ति: at the end of summer (in the hot season’s close)
• घर्मान्ति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्मान्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गर्जमानौ: roaring
• गर्जमानौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गर्ज्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• नरर्षभौ: two bulls among men (best of men)
• नरर्षभौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra (addressed as Mahārāja)
• two unnamed warriors (nararṣabhau / naraśreṣṭhau)
• clouds (jīmūta/megha)
• rainy season (varṣā-ṛtu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how rivalry and pride intensify conflict: when powerful opponents meet, their competitive spirit can swell like storm-clouds, suggesting the ethical danger of unchecked spardhā (rivalrous aggression) in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya describes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that two great warriors have come into close combat; they roar and challenge each other, compared to two thunderclouds at the turn from heat to rains, signaling a fierce, escalating duel.