Shloka 42

Droṇasya raudra-prayogaḥ

Droṇa’s intensified assault and the Pāṇḍava response

Devanagari script

ते त्वन्योन्यं सुसंरब्धा: पाण्डवा: कौरवै: सह

Transliteration

te tv anyonyaṃ susaṃrabdhāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kauravaiḥ saha

Translation

Sañjaya said: The Pāṇḍavas, locked in fierce mutual hostility, engaged together with the Kauravas—each side inflamed with resolve, as the battle’s moral strain and duty-bound violence tightened its grip.

Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अन्योन्यम्: mutually, one another
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य

• सुसंरब्धाः: highly enraged/fully excited (in anger)
• सुसंरब्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसंरब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कौरवैः: with/by the Kauravas
• कौरवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Kauravas