Shloka 3

Devanagari script

दन्द्धानि तत्र यान्यासन्‌ संसक्तानि पुरोदयात्‌ | तान्येवाभ्युदिते सूर्ये समसज्जन्त भारत,भरतनन्दन! सूर्योदयसे पहले जिन लोगोंमें द्वन्द-युद्ध चल रहा था, सूर्योदयके बाद भी पुनः वे ही लोग परस्पर जूझने लगे

Transliteration

dvandvāni tatra yāny āsan saṃsaktāni purodayāt | tāny evābhyudite sūrye samasajjanta bhārata bharatanandana ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Bhārata, O joy of the Bharatas! Those very pairs who had been locked in single combat before sunrise, at the sun’s rising again closed with one another and resumed their struggle.”

Word by Word

द्वन्द्वानिduels, pairwise combats

तत्रthere

यानिwhich

आसन्were

संसक्तानिengaged, locked (in combat)

पुरःbefore, in front

उदयात्from (the time of) rising

तानिthose

एवindeed, just

अभ्युदितेwhen (it was) risen

सूर्येin/at the sun (i.e., when the sun had risen)

सम्together, completely (prefix)

असज्जन्तthey engaged/attached (again)

भारतO Bharata

भरतनन्दनO delight of Bharata

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bhārata, Bharatanandana)

the Sun (Sūrya)

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 underscores the relentless momentum of war: once hostility and rivalry have hardened into direct confrontation, even the natural pause of night does not dissolve it. It implicitly highlights the tragic tenacity of conflict and the kṣatriya world’s compulsion to resume combat at daybreak.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the same warriors who were already engaged in paired duels before dawn continue those very duels after sunrise, rejoining and pressing the fight as the new day begins.