Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अर्जुनो भीमसेनश्च वाय्वग्निसमतेजसौ । माद्रीपुत्रौ च विक्रान्तौ त्रिदशानामिवेश्वरी,“अर्जुन और भीमसेन वायु तथा अग्निके समान तेजस्वी हैं। माद्रीकुमार नकुल और सहदेव भी पराक्रममें दो इन्द्रोंके समान हैं

Transliteration

arjuno bhīmasenaś ca vāyvagnisamatejasau | mādrīputrau ca vikrāntau tridaśānām iveśvarī ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Arjuna et Bhīmasena flamboyent de l’éclat du Vent et du Feu ; et les vaillants fils de Mādrī (Nakula et Sahadeva) paraissent tels deux seigneurs parmi les dieux.»

Word by Word

अर्जुनःArjuna

भीमसेनःBhimasena

चand

वायु-अग्नि-सम-तेजसौthe two whose splendor is like wind and fire

माद्री-पुत्रौthe two sons of Madri (Nakula and Sahadeva)

चand

विक्रान्तौthe two valiant/heroic

त्रिदशानाम्of the thirty (gods), i.e., of the gods

इवlike/as if

ईश्वरीthe two lords/masters

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Mādrī

Nakula

Sahadeva

Vāyu (Wind-god)

Agni (Fire-god)

Tridaśa (the gods)

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 that righteous warriors can be portrayed as instruments of cosmic order: their strength is likened to elemental and divine powers, implying that the conflict is not merely personal but bound up with dharma and the larger moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing the Pāṇḍava heroes on the battlefield, praising Arjuna and Bhīma as radiant like Wind and Fire, and presenting Nakula and Sahadeva as godlike in valor—building awe and tension before or during the battle descriptions.