Shloka 13

Adhyāya 16: Saṃśaptaka-vrata and the Diversion of Arjuna (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय १६)

Devanagari script

एवं युयुधिरे वीरा: संरब्धा: कुरुपाण्डवा: । परस्परमुदी क्षन्त: परस्परकृतागस:,इस प्रकार एक-दूसरेके अपराध करनेवाले कौरव-पाण्डववीर परस्पर क्रोधपूर्ण दृष्टिसे देखते हुए युद्ध करने लगे

Transliteration

evaṁ yuyudhire vīrāḥ saṁrabdhāḥ kuru-pāṇḍavāḥ | parasparam udīkṣantaḥ paraspara-kṛtāgasaḥ ||

Translation

قال سانجايا: وهكذا قاتل أبطالُ الكورو والباندڤا، وقد استعر فيهم الغضب—كلٌّ يعدّ الآخر مذنبًا—يمضون في القتال وهم يحدّقون بعضهم إلى بعض بنظراتٍ ملتهبة.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

युयुधिरेfought

वीराःheroes/warriors

संरब्धाःenraged, agitated

कुरु-पाण्डवाःthe Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas

परस्परम्mutually, each other

उदीक्षन्तःlooking at, gazing upon

परस्पर-कृत-आगसःhaving committed offenses against each other

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kurus (Kauravas)

Pāṇḍavas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a moral dynamic of war: when both sides fixate on each other’s faults and nurture anger, violence becomes self-perpetuating. It implicitly warns that mutual blame (paraspara-kṛtāgasaḥ) and wrathful perception (udīkṣantaḥ) cloud discernment and weaken dharmic restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield situation: Kuru and Pāṇḍava warriors, provoked and furious, continue fighting while staring at each other with hostile looks, each side viewing the other as the offender.