Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तौ दृष्टवा विस्मयं जग्मु: सर्वसैन्यानि मारिष । त्रैलोक्यविजये यत्ताविन्द्रवरोचनाविव,मान्यवर! तीनों लोकोंपर विजय पानेके लिये प्रयत्नशील हुए इन्द्र और बलिके समान उन दोनों वीरोंको आमने-सामने देखकर समस्त सेनाओंको बड़ा विस्मय हुआ

Transliteration

tau dṛṣṭvā vismayaṁ jagmuḥ sarvasainyāni māriṣa | trailokyavijaye yattāv indravarocanāv iva ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : En voyant ces deux héros face à face, toutes les armées furent saisies d’étonnement, ô vénérable—tels Indra et Bali (fils de Varocana), tous deux aspirant à la victoire sur les trois mondes. La scène semblait l’affrontement de puissances conquérantes, et les troupes regardaient, en awe, l’ampleur de cette rencontre.

Word by Word

तौthose two

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

विस्मयम्astonishment

जग्मुःwent (came to)

सर्वall

सैन्यानिarmies

मारिषO sir (address)

त्रैलोक्यin the three worlds

विजयेin victory / in conquest

यत्तौwho (those two)

इन्द्रIndra

वरोचनौVarocana (and another; dual form)

इवlike, as

मान्यवरO best of the honored (sir)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Indra

Bali (son of Varocana)

Varocana

the armies (sarvasainyāni)

the three worlds (trailokya)

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 how extraordinary power and resolve can inspire collective awe, and it frames human conflict through a mythic lens: when warriors contend with world-shaking ambition, observers sense the moral and cosmic weight of the moment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the assembled troops, seeing the two opposing heroes confronting each other, are amazed; their face-off is likened to the famed rivalry of Indra and Bali, both depicted as striving for dominion over the three worlds.