Shloka 13
वृष्णि और अन्धकवंशके वे दोनों वीर महारथी हर्षमें भरकर लड़ते हुए दो हाथियोंके समान एक-दूसरेपर नाराचों और वत्सदन्तोंका प्रहार करने लगे ।। चरन्तौ विविधान् मार्गान् हार्दिक्यशिनिपुड्वौ | मुहुरन्तर्दधाते तौ बाणवृष्ट्या परस्परम्,कृतवर्मा और सात्यकि दोनों नाना प्रकारके पैंतरे दिखाते हुए विचरते थे और बारंबार बाणोंकी वर्षा करके वे एक-दूसरेको अदृश्य कर देते थे
sañjaya uvāca | vṛṣṇy-andhakavaṃśake tau ubhau vīrau mahārathī harṣeṇa bharitau yudhyamānau dvau hastināv iva anyonyam upāśritau nārācaiś ca vatsadantaiś ca prahārān prāharatām || carantau vividhān mārgān hārdikya-śinipuṅgavau | muhur antardadhāte tau bāṇavṛṣṭyā parasparam ||
Sañjaya said: Those two heroic great chariot-warriors of the Vṛṣṇi and Andhaka line, exultant in the fury of combat, struck at one another like two elephants—assailing each other with iron arrows and sharp, tusk-like shafts. Moving with many kinds of feints and changing lines of attack, the foremost of the Hārdikya and the Śini clans—Kṛtavarmā and Sātyaki—again and again concealed each other from sight by showers of arrows.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how technical excellence and exhilaration in battle can intensify violence even among related clans; it invites reflection on the ethical cost of war, where prowess may eclipse discernment and compassion.
Sañjaya describes Kṛtavarmā and Sātyaki fighting fiercely, maneuvering with varied tactics and repeatedly covering each other from view by dense showers of arrows, likened to two elephants clashing.