Shloka 26

Devanagari script

दोनोंके कर्म विख्यात थे। युद्धमें पुरुषार्थ और बलकी दृष्टिसे दोनों ही शम्बरासुर और देवराज इन्द्रके समान थे ।।

Transliteration

kārtavīrya-samau cobhau tathā dāśaratheḥ samau | viṣṇu-vīrya-samau cobhau tathā bhava-samau yudhi ||

Translation

সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—উভয়ৰে কৰ্ম বিখ্যাত আছিল। যুদ্ধত পৌৰুষ আৰু বলৰ দিশে তেওঁলোক শম্বৰাসুৰ আৰু দেবরাজ ইন্দ্ৰৰ ন্যায়। ৰণত দুয়ো কাৰ্তবীৰ্য অৰ্জুনৰ সমান, দাশৰথি শ্ৰীৰামৰ সমান, বিষ্ণুৰ বীৰ্যৰ সমান আৰু ভব (শিৱ)-সম পৰাক্ৰমী আছিল।

Word by Word

• कार्तवीर्यसमौ: equal to Kārtavīrya
• कार्तवीर्यसमौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्तवीर्य-सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: उभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

• दाशरथेः: of Dāśarathi (Rāma)
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: दाशरथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• समौ: equal
• समौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• विष्णुवीर्यसमौ: equal in prowess to Viṣṇu
• विष्णुवीर्यसमौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णु-वीर्य-सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: उभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

• भवसमौ: equal to Bhava (Śiva)
• भवसमौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भव-सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध् (प्रातिपदिक: युध्/युधि as noun; locative of युध्/युध्-)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kārtavīrya Arjuna
• Rāma (Dāśarathi)
• Viṣṇu
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Śambara (Asura)
• Indra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how extraordinary martial power magnifies moral responsibility: when warriors of near-divine prowess clash, the consequences for dharma, society, and life itself become vast, reminding the listener that strength in war is awe-inspiring yet ethically weighty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing two combatants (contextually, the pair under discussion in this section) by elevating them through a chain of renowned comparisons—Asura and god, legendary kings and divine figures—so the audience grasps the intensity and scale of the battle about to unfold or currently unfolding.