Shloka 7

Devanagari script

दशमे<5हनि तस्मिंस्तु भीष्मार्जुनसमागमे । अवर्तत महारौद्र: सततं समितिक्षय:,दसवें दिन भीष्म और अर्जुनके उस युद्धमें निरन्तर महाभयंकर जनसंहार होने लगा

Transliteration

daśame 'hani tasmiṁs tu bhīṣmārjuna-samāgame | avartata mahāraudraḥ satataṁ samiti-kṣayaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: En aquel décimo día, cuando Bhishma y Arjuna se encontraron en combate, se desató una destrucción incesante y terriblemente feroz de guerreros: una matanza continua en el apretado fragor de la batalla.

Word by Word

दशमेon the tenth

अहनिday

तस्मिन्in that

तुbut/indeed

भीष्मार्जुनसमागमेin the encounter of Bhishma and Arjuna

अवर्ततwent on/occurred

महारौद्रःvery dreadful

सततम्constantly

समितिक्षयःdestruction in battle

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīṣma

Arjuna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the moral gravity of war: even when fought under kṣatriya-dharma, battle rapidly becomes an impersonal engine of continuous destruction. It invites reflection on responsibility, restraint, and the tragic cost that accompanies armed conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that on the tenth day of the Kurukṣetra war, the confrontation between Bhīṣma and Arjuna intensified, and the fighting produced relentless, fearsome casualties—an ongoing slaughter in the thick of combat.