Shloka 5
Devanagari script
वारणाश्न महाराज समासाद्य परस्परम् । विषाणैर्दारयामासु: सुसंक़्रुद्धा मदोत्कटा:
Transliteration
vāraṇāś ca mahārāja samāsādya parasparam | viṣāṇair dārayāmāsuḥ susaṅkruddhā madotkaṭāḥ ||
Translation
Sañjaya sprach: O großer König, die Elefanten, als sie aufeinanderprallten, rissen und durchbohrten einander mit ihren Stoßzähnen, heftig erzürnt und durch die Brunst wild gemacht.
Word by Word
वारणान्elephants
वारणान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवारण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
समासाद्यhaving approached/encountered
समासाद्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√सद्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
परस्परम्each other; mutually
परस्परम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरस्पर
विषाणैःwith (their) tusks
विषाणैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootविषाण
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
दारयामासुःthey tore/rent asunder
दारयामासुः:
TypeVerb
Root√दॄ (दारयति) + आ-√अस् (आमास)
Formलिट् (periphrastic perfect), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
सुसंक्रुद्धाःhighly enraged
सुसंक्रुद्धाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुसंक्रुद्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मदोत्कटाःmaddened; in rut/intoxicated with musth
मदोत्कटाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमदोत्कट
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
DhṛtarāṣṭraW
war-elephantsT
tusksCharacter 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
The verse highlights how anger and intoxication (mada) overpower discernment, turning strength into destructive frenzy; it implicitly warns that unchecked passions magnify suffering in war.
Sañjaya describes war-elephants rushing together and goring each other with tusks, driven by intense rage and rut, emphasizing the ferocity and chaos of the battlefield.