Shloka 8

Devanagari script

सम्प्रहारमकुर्वस्ते सर्वे च सुमहारथा: । अमर्षिता: सत्त्ववन्त: कृत्वा मरणमग्रत:,उस समय अमर्षसे भरे हुए उन सभी धैर्यशाली महारथियोंने मृत्युको सामने रखकर परस्पर युद्ध आरम्भ कर दिया

Transliteration

samprahāram akurvanta te sarve ca sumahārathāḥ | amarṣitāḥ sattvavantaḥ kṛtvā maraṇam agrataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Da begannen all jene mächtigen Wagenkrieger, erfüllt von grimmigem Zorn und fest in ihrem Mut, den gegenseitigen Ansturm—den Tod vor Augen als Preis ihres Entschlusses.

Word by Word

सम्प्रहारम्mutual combat, battle

अकुर्वन्they did, they began (to do)

तेthey, those

सर्वेall

चand

सुमहारथाःvery great chariot-warriors

अमर्षिताःenraged, intolerant (of insult)

सत्त्ववन्तःcourageous, possessing fortitude

कृत्वाhaving made, having placed (as)

मरणम्death

अग्रतःin front, before (them)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

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 the warrior-code ideal of steadfast courage: the fighters, driven by righteous anger or wounded honor, accept death as a foreseen consequence and still commit to battle—revealing both the valor praised in kṣatriya-dharma and the tragic cost of unchecked wrath.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a moment when all the great warriors, enraged and determined, enter into intense hand-to-hand or close combat, fighting one another with death consciously ‘set before’ them.