Shloka 25

Devanagari script

लघुसंधानयोगाभ्यां रथयोश्व रणेन च । मोहयन्तौ मनुष्याणां चक्षूंषि च मनांसि च,शीघ्रतापूर्वक बाणोंके संधान और रथोंके योगसे अपने संग्रामद्वारा वे दोनों वीर लोगोंके नेत्रों और मनको भी मोह लेते थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

laghu-saṃdhāna-yogābhyāṃ rathayoś ca raṇena ca |

mohayantau manuṣyāṇāṃ cakṣūṃṣi ca manāṃsi ca ||

Translation

قال سانجيا: «وبمهارتِهما الخاطفة في تركيب السهام على القوس، وبالتناسق المنضبط لعربتيهما، وبهيئة قتالِهما ذاتها، أدهش البطلان الناظرين، فأسكرا أبصار الرجال وقلوبهم معًا».

Word by Word

लघु-सन्धान-योगाभ्याम्by quick aiming and (their) yoking/combination

रथ-योःof the two chariots

चand

रणेनby battle/combat

चand

मोहयन्तौ(they) bewilder

मनुष्याणाम्of men/people

चक्षूंषिeyes

चand

मनांसिminds

चand

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

two heroes (unnamed in this verse)

chariots

arrows

battle/war

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 how extraordinary martial skill and speed can overwhelm perception—people may be dazzled by spectacle in war, which can obscure calm discernment and ethical clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes two unnamed warriors whose rapid arrow-work, coordinated chariot movement, and fierce combat so impress the spectators that they seem to enchant or bewilder the eyes and minds of the people watching.