Shloka 33
Devanagari script
उभौ कलिड्गवृषकौ भ्रातरौ युद्धदुर्मदौ । कृत्वा चासुकरं कर्म गतौ वैवस्वतक्षयम्
Transliteration
ubhau kaliṅgavṛṣakau bhrātarau yuddha-durmadau | kṛtvā cāsukaraṃ karma gatau vaivasvata-kṣayam ||
Translation
संजय बोले—कलिंग और वृषक—ये दोनों भाई, युद्धोन्माद से मदांध—दुष्कर कर्म करके—वैवस्वत (यम) के धाम को जा पहुँचे।
Word by Word
उभौboth
उभौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
कलिङ्गवृषकौthe two (heroes) named Kalinga and Vṛṣaka
कलिङ्गवृषकौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकलिङ्गवृषक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
भ्रातरौtwo brothers
भ्रातरौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
युद्धदुर्मदौmad with battle / battle-intoxicated
युद्धदुर्मदौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयुद्ध-दुर्मद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
असुकरम्very difficult
असुकरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअसुकर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कर्मdeed, act
कर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
गतौwent, departed (having gone)
गतौ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormPast passive participle (PPP), Dual, Masculine, Nominative
वैवस्वतक्षयम्the abode/realm of Vaivasvata (Yama), i.e., death
वैवस्वतक्षयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवैवस्वत-क्षय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaK
KaliṅgaV
VṛṣakaV
Vaivasvata (Yama)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
Even extraordinary martial deeds do not transcend mortality; when valor is mixed with battle-intoxication (yuddha-durmada), it still ends in death and accountability under the cosmic order symbolized by Vaivasvata (Yama).
Sañjaya reports that the two brothers, Kaliṅga and Vṛṣaka, carried out a difficult feat in the fighting and were then slain—described poetically as departing to Yama’s abode.