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Shloka 5

तयो: सुतुमुलं युद्ध बभूव निशि रक्षसो: । अलायुधस्य चैवोग्रं हैडिम्बेश्वापि भारत,भरतनन्दन! उस रात्रिके समय अलायुध और हिडिम्बाकुमार घटोत्कच दोनों राक्षसोंमें अत्यन्त भयंकर एवं घमासान युद्ध होने लगा

tayoḥ sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ babhūva niśi rakṣasoḥ | alāyudhasya caivograṃ haiḍimbeśvāpi bhārata bharatanandana ||

Sañjaya dit : Dans la nuit, une bataille furieuse et tumultueuse éclata entre ces deux rākṣasas. Ô Bhārata, joie des Bhāratas, le combat entre Ālāyudha et le fils de Hiḍimbā (Ghaṭotkaca) devint particulièrement effroyable, redoublant la terreur de la nuit et le poids moral de la violence guerrière.

तयोःof those two
तयोः:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, dual
सुतुमुलम्very tumultuous, extremely fierce
सुतुमुलम्:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootसुतुमुल
Formneuter, nominative, singular
युद्धम्battle
युद्धम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध
Formneuter, nominative, singular
बभूवbecame, arose
बभूव:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formperfect (liṭ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
निशिat night
निशि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनिशा
Formfeminine, locative, singular
रक्षसोःof the two rakshasas
रक्षसोः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस्
Formneuter, genitive, dual
अलायुधस्यof Alayudha
अलायुधस्य:
Sambandha
TypeProperNoun
Rootअलायुध
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
उग्रम्terrible, fierce
उग्रम्:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र
Formneuter, nominative, singular
हैडिम्बेin/with (the matter of) Haidimba (Ghaṭotkaca)
हैडिम्बे:
Adhikarana
TypeProperNoun
Rootहैडिम्ब
Formmasculine, locative, singular
इवas if, like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
Sambodhana
TypeProperNoun
Rootभारत
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
D
Dhritarashtra
A
Alayudha
G
Ghatotkacha
H
Hidimba

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores how war escalates into uncontrollable ferocity, especially in night combat, reminding the listener that violence—however valorized—carries a grave ethical and emotional burden.

Sanjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, during the night, a terrifying duel breaks out between two rākṣasa warriors—Alāyudha and Ghaṭotkaca (Hiḍimbā’s son)—and the fighting becomes intensely fierce.