Shloka 17

आत्मदोष-उपदेशः तथा भीम-धृष्टद्युम्नयोः संयोगः

Self-Causation Counsel and the Bhīma–Dhṛṣṭadyumna Convergence

Devanagari script

शरशक्तिगदाभिस्ते खड्गैश्वामिततेजस: । निजघ्नु: समरे<न्योन्यं शूरा: परिघबाहव:,परिघके समान मोटी भुजाओंवाले अमित तेजस्वी शूरवीर योद्धा बाण, शक्ति और गदाओंद्वारा रणक्षेत्रमें एक-दूसरेको मार रहे थे

Transliteration

śaraśaktigadābhis te khaḍgaiś cāmitatejasaḥ | nijaghnur samare 'nyonyaṃ śūrāḥ parighabāhavaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Those heroes, whose arms were like iron clubs and whose splendor was boundless, struck one another down in the battle—using arrows, spears, maces, and swords. The scene reveals the grim reciprocity of war: valor and prowess, yoked to conflict, turn equally against one’s own kind, laying bare the heavy moral cost of kṣatriya combat.

Word by Word

शरशक्तिगदाभिःwith arrows, spears, and maces

तेthey

खड्गैःwith swords

चand

अमिततेजसःof immeasurable splendor (mighty)

निजघ्नुःslew/struck down

समरेin battle

अन्योन्यम्one another (each other)

शूराःheroes/warriors

परिघबाहवःwhose arms were like iron bars (mace-like/club-like arms)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

arrows (śara)

spears/javelins (śakti)

maces (gadā)

swords (khaḍga)

battlefield (samara)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes