Shloka 95

Devanagari script

तलशब्देन रुषितौ यथा नागौ महावने । जैसे विशाल वनमें तालीकी आवाजसे कुपित हुए दो हाथी दौड़े आ रहे हों, उसी प्रकार क्रोधमें भरे हुए वे दोनों पुरुषसिंह बड़े वेगसे बढ़े आ रहे थे ।। ९४ $ ।। विगाहा तु रथानीकमश्चसंघांश्व फाल्गुन:

Transliteration

tālaśabdena ruṣitau yathā nāgau mahāvane | tathā krodhabharau tau dvau puruṣasiṃhau mahāvegād ājagmatū ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: As two elephants in a vast forest, provoked by the sharp slap upon a tāla palm, come charging forward in fury, so those two lion-like heroes—filled with wrath—surged ahead with tremendous speed.

Word by Word

तलशब्देनby the sound of a palm(-clap)/tāla-sound

रुषितौangered

यथाas/just as

नागौtwo elephants

महावनेin a great forest

विगाहाःplungers/chargers (those who rush in)

तुbut/indeed

रथानीकम्the chariot-division/array of chariots

अश्चसंघान्troops/groups of horses

चand

फाल्गुनःPhālguna (Arjuna)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

two lion-like warriors (unnamed in this verse)

elephants (simile)

great forest (mahāvana)

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 how anger, once triggered, propels even great warriors into swift, forceful action—suggesting the ethical danger of krodha as a driver of violence and loss of restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes two mighty fighters advancing rapidly in wrath, using the vivid comparison of two elephants charging in a forest after being provoked by a sharp sound.