Shloka 13

Devanagari script

एवं युयुधिरे वीरा: संरब्धा: कुरुपाण्डवा: । परस्परमुदी क्षन्त: परस्परकृतागस:,इस प्रकार एक-दूसरेके अपराध करनेवाले कौरव-पाण्डववीर परस्पर क्रोधपूर्ण दृष्टिसे देखते हुए युद्ध करने लगे

Transliteration

evaṁ yuyudhire vīrāḥ saṁrabdhāḥ kuru-pāṇḍavāḥ | parasparam udīkṣantaḥ paraspara-kṛtāgasaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Thus the warriors of the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas, inflamed with rage—each considering the other guilty of wrongdoing—fought on, glaring at one another with wrathful looks. The scene underscores how mutual blame and anger harden into relentless violence on the battlefield.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

युयुधिरेfought

वीराःheroes/warriors

संरब्धाःenraged, agitated

कुरु-पाण्डवाःthe Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas

परस्परम्mutually, each other

उदीक्षन्तःlooking at, gazing upon

परस्पर-कृत-आगसःhaving committed offenses against each other

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kurus (Kauravas)

Pāṇḍavas

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 a moral dynamic of war: when both sides fixate on each other’s faults and nurture anger, violence becomes self-perpetuating. It implicitly warns that mutual blame (paraspara-kṛtāgasaḥ) and wrathful perception (udīkṣantaḥ) cloud discernment and weaken dharmic restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield situation: Kuru and Pāṇḍava warriors, provoked and furious, continue fighting while staring at each other with hostile looks, each side viewing the other as the offender.