Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तयोर्युद्धे महाराज चित्ररूपमिवाभवत्‌ | यादृशं हि पुरा वृत्तं रामरावणयोर्मुधे,महाराज! पूर्वकालमें श्रीराम और रावणके युद्धमें जैसी आश्चर्यजनक घटना घटित हुई थी, उसी प्रकार उन दोनों राक्षसोंका युद्ध भी विचित्र-सा ही हुआ

Transliteration

tayor yuddhe mahārāja citrarūpam ivābhavat | yādṛśaṃ hi purā vṛttaṃ rāma-rāvaṇayor mudhe mahārāja ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, their combat assumed a wondrous, many-hued character—just like that astonishing encounter of old, O Mahārāja, when Rāma and Rāvaṇa fought in battle. The scene recalled an earlier paradigm of war where extraordinary prowess and fateful enmity shaped the course of events.

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, षष्ठी, द्विवचन

• युद्धे: in the battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• चित्ररूपम्: wondrous in form / strange-looking
• चित्ररूपम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्ररूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इव: as if / like
• इव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अभवत्: became / was
• अभवत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम, एकवचन

• यादृशम्: such as / of what kind
• यादृशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हि: indeed / for
• हि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• पुरा: formerly / long ago
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• वृत्तम्: happened event / occurrence
• वृत्तम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वृत्/√वृत्त्)
• Form: नपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• रामरावणयोः: of Rama and Ravana
• रामरावणयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, द्विवचन

• मुधे: in the combat
• मुधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुध्/मुधा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘battle’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahārāja (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Rāma
• Rāvaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames present violence through the lens of remembered epic exemplars: extraordinary battles are not merely displays of force but moments with moral and fateful weight, inviting the listener (the king) to recognize patterns of conflict and consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the duel he is describing became astonishing and strange in its intensity and spectacle, and he likens it to the famed ancient battle between Rāma and Rāvaṇa.