Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तावुभौ युधि कौरव्यौ समीयतुररिंदमौ

Transliteration

tāv ubhau yudhi kauravyau samīyatur arindamau

Translation

Sañjaya said: Those two Kaurava warriors—both subduers of foes—met each other in the midst of battle, closing in for direct combat as the war’s relentless duty pressed them toward confrontation.

Word by Word

तौthose two

उभौboth

युधिin battle

कौरव्यौthe two Kauravas (scions of Kuru)

समीयतुःthey two came together / met

अरिंदमौenemy-subduing (two)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

two Kaurava warriors (unspecified in this verse)

battlefield (Kurukṣetra implied by context)

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 inexorable momentum of war: valor and enmity draw warriors into direct encounter. Ethically, it underscores the kṣatriya frame of duty and the grave seriousness of choosing conflict, where meeting the enemy becomes both a test of courage and a consequence of prior decisions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that two Kaurava champions come face-to-face on the battlefield and engage one another, setting up or continuing a duel within the larger fighting of the Droṇa Parva.