Shloka 356

Devanagari script

अन्योनयं क्रुद्धयोर्घोरं यथा द्विरद्सिंहयो: । तदनन्तर हाथी और सिंहके समान क्रोधमें भरे हुए उन कुरुवंशी और मधुवंशी सिंहोंमें परस्पर घोर युद्ध होने लगा

Transliteration

anyonyam kruddhayor ghoraṁ yathā dvirada-siṁhayoḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Dann, wie ein rasender Elefant und ein Löwe im Kampf, begannen jene erzürnten Helden aus dem Geschlecht der Kuru und dem Geschlecht der Madhu (Yādava) ein schreckliches Gefecht gegeneinander.

Word by Word

• अन्योन्यम्: mutually, each other
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• क्रुद्धयोः: of the two enraged (ones)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध (√क्रुध्)
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Genitive, Dual

• घोरम्: terrible, dreadful
• घोरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: Avyaya (comparative particle)

• द्विरद: of two elephants
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विरद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

• सिंहयोः: of two lions
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kuru lineage (Kurava)
• Madhu/Yādava lineage (Madhava)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) intensifies conflict into something ‘ghora’ (terrible), suggesting an ethical warning: when wrath governs action, even great warriors lose restraint and the struggle becomes mutually ruinous.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a fierce, face-to-face clash between a Kuru hero and a Madhu/Yādava hero, comparing their enraged combat to an elephant and a lion fighting—an image of balanced power and terrifying violence.