Shloka 356

Devanagari script

अन्योनयं क्रुद्धयोर्घोरं यथा द्विरद्सिंहयो: । तदनन्तर हाथी और सिंहके समान क्रोधमें भरे हुए उन कुरुवंशी और मधुवंशी सिंहोंमें परस्पर घोर युद्ध होने लगा

Transliteration

anyonyam kruddhayor ghoraṁ yathā dvirada-siṁhayoḥ |

Translation

Sesudah itu, laksana gajah dan singa yang mengamuk saling menerkam, para jawara bagai singa dari wangsa Kuru dan wangsa Madhu (Yādava) pun terlibat dalam pertempuran mengerikan satu sama lain.

Word by Word

अन्योन्यम्mutually, each other

क्रुद्धयोःof the two enraged (ones)

घोरम्terrible, dreadful

यथाas, like

द्विरदof two elephants

सिंहयोःof two lions

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kuru lineage (Kurava)

Madhu/Yādava lineage (Madhava)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) intensifies conflict into something ‘ghora’ (terrible), suggesting an ethical warning: when wrath governs action, even great warriors lose restraint and the struggle becomes mutually ruinous.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a fierce, face-to-face clash between a Kuru hero and a Madhu/Yādava hero, comparing their enraged combat to an elephant and a lion fighting—an image of balanced power and terrifying violence.