Shloka 68

Devanagari script

निवार्य परमेष्वासौ कोपसंरक्तलोचनौ । युयुत्सुनपरान्‌ संख्ये प्रतीयु: क्षत्रियर्षभा:,क्रोधसे लाल आँखें किये उन दोनों महान्‌ धनुर्धरोंको रोककर वे क्षत्रियशिरोमणि वीर समरभूमिमें युद्धकी इच्छासे आते हुए शत्रुओंका सामना करनेके लिये चल दिये

Transliteration

nivārya parameṣvāsau kopasaṃraktalocanau | yuyutsūn aparān saṅkhye pratīyuḥ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ ||

Translation

क्रोध से लाल नेत्रों वाले उन दोनों परम धनुर्धरों को रोककर, वे क्षत्रियश्रेष्ठ वीर रणभूमि में युद्ध की इच्छा से आगे बढ़ते हुए अन्य शत्रुओं का सामना करने चले।

Word by Word

निवार्यhaving restrained / after stopping

परमेष्वासौthe two supreme archers

कोपसंरक्तलोचनौwhose eyes were reddened with anger

युयुत्सून्those wishing to fight

अपरान्other (enemies)

संख्येin battle

प्रतीयुःwent forth / advanced

क्षत्रियर्षभाःbulls among kshatriyas (foremost warriors)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

two supreme archers (parameṣvāsau)

kṣatriya warriors (kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ)

battlefield (saṅkhya)

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?

Even in war, righteous action requires restraint: anger may arise, but leaders must check uncontrolled fury and act from duty (kṣatriya-dharma), confronting aggression with discipline rather than blind rage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes how certain leading kṣatriya heroes first restrain two enraged master-archers and then themselves move forward on the battlefield to meet and oppose other enemies who are advancing with the intent to fight.