Shloka 19
आशीविषशिशुप्रख्यौ यमकालान्तकोपमौ । इन्द्रवृत्राविव क्रुद्धौ सूर्याचन्द्रसमप्रभौ
āśīviṣa-śiśu-prakhyau yama-kālāntakopamau | indra-vṛtrāv iva kruddhau sūryā-candra-sama-prabhau ||
قال سَنْجَيا: «كانا كأنهما فرخا أفعى سامة؛ يبدوان مروّعين كياما وكالا وأنتَكا. وكإندرا وفِرِترا كانا متغاضبين أحدهما على الآخر، ويشعّان بضياءٍ متكافئ كالشمس والقمر.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches, through epic imagery, that unchecked anger and the thirst for victory can make human conflict resemble cosmic destruction—linking personal wrath to the forces of death (Yama/Kāla/Antaka) and warning of war’s capacity to eclipse moral order.
Sañjaya describes two opposing champions poised for a decisive clash. Their mutual fury is portrayed via powerful similes—serpent-young, death-deities, Indra vs. Vṛtra, and Sun vs. Moon—to convey their terrifying might and the world-shaking intensity of their confrontation.