Shloka 43
तेषां समागमो घोरो बभूव युधि संगत: । अन्योन्यस्य वधार्थाय जिगीषूणां महाहवे
teṣāṃ samāgamo ghoro babhūva yudhi saṃgataḥ | anyonyasya vadhārthāya jigīṣūṇāṃ mahāhave ||
संजय बोले—युद्धभूमि में आमने-सामने आकर उनका समागम अत्यन्त घोर हो उठा। उस महाहव में विजय की अभिलाषा से प्रेरित वे दोनों पक्ष एक-दूसरे के वध के लिए भिड़ गए।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical tension of war: when victory becomes the overriding aim, combat turns ghora—dreadful—because mutual destruction is embraced as a means to conquest, underscoring the grave cost of martial ambition even within a dharma-framed battlefield.
Sañjaya describes the moment when the opposing forces close ranks and fully engage; their meeting becomes fierce as both sides, eager to win, fight with the intent to kill one another in the great Kurukṣetra war.