Shloka 22

Śalya-parva Adhyāya 34: Balarāma’s Withdrawal, Sarasvatī Pilgrimage Logistics, and Prabhāsa as Soma’s Renewal Tīrtha

Devanagari script

आसीदनन्‍्तकरो राजन्‌ वैरस्य तव पुत्रयो:,राजन्‌! तदनन्तर आपके उन दोनों पुत्रोंमें वैरका अन्त कर देनेवाला भयंकर एवं रोमांचकारी संग्राम होने लगा

Transliteration

āsīd anantakaro rājan vairasya tava putrayoḥ | rājan tad-anantaraṁ āpake una donoṁ putroṁ meṁ vairakā anta kara denevālā bhayaṅkara evaṁ romāñcakārī saṅgrāma hone lagā |

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, there arose a dreadful and hair-raising battle between your two sons—one that would bring their mutual enmity to its final end. Thereafter, the conflict intensified, moving inexorably toward a decisive and ruinous conclusion.

Word by Word

• आसीत्: was / occurred
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• अन्तकरः: ending / bringing an end
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• वैरस्य: of enmity
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• तव: of you / your
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, genitive, singular

• पुत्रयोः: of (your) two sons
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, genitive, dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Rājan)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra's two sons (dual; contextually the principal pair among his sons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked enmity (vaira) tends to culminate in destructive conflict; when hatred is allowed to mature, it seeks a final resolution not through reconciliation but through ruin. The verse underscores the ethical warning that hostility, once entrenched, drives events toward an irreversible and tragic end.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a terrifying, climactic battle has begun between the king’s two sons, described as one that will end their mutual feud—implying a decisive confrontation with fatal consequences.