Shloka 13

Devanagari script

वेगेन महतान्योन्यं संरब्धावभिपेततु: । अभिसंश्शलिष्टयोस्तत्र तयोराहवशौण्डयो:

Transliteration

vegena mahatānyonyaṁ saṁrabdhāvabhipetatuḥ | abhisaṁśśliṣṭayostatra tayorāhavaśauṇḍayoḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Portés par une vitesse prodigieuse et une résolution farouche, tous deux se ruèrent l’un sur l’autre. Là, lorsqu’ils se rapprochèrent et s’empoignèrent au plus près, ces deux champions, aguerris aux lois du combat, se heurtèrent dans un choc serré et violent.»

Word by Word

वेगेनwith speed/impetus

महतान्great (ones)

अन्योन्यम्each other/mutually

संरब्धौboth enraged/impetuous

अभिपेततुःthey two rushed/charged

अभिसंश्लिष्टयोःof the two who had closed/locked (in combat)

तत्रthere/then

तयोःof those two

आहवशौण्डयोःof the two battle-experts/champions

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

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 highlights the kṣatriya battlefield ethos: when wrath and momentum take hold, conflict rapidly becomes intimate and unavoidable. Ethically, it underscores how anger (saṁrambha) accelerates violence, narrowing choices and drawing opponents into direct, bodily confrontation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes two unnamed champions charging at each other with great speed and fury, then locking together in close quarters—an intense moment of hand-to-hand engagement within the larger battle.