Shloka 30
दुःशासननिग्रहः—द्रोणधृष्टद्युम्नयुद्धप्रसङ्गः
Rebuke of Duḥśāsana; Context of the Droṇa–Dhṛṣṭadyumna Combat
ततः प्रववृते युद्ध तयोरत्यद्धुतं नृप । यथा पूर्व महद् युद्ध शम्बरामरराजयो:,नरेश्वर! जैसे पूर्वकालमें शम्बरासुर और देवराज इन्द्रमें महान् युद्ध हुआ था, उसी प्रकार उस समय उन दोनोंमें अत्यन्त अद्भुत संग्राम होने लगा
tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṁ tayor atyadbhutaṁ nṛpa | yathā pūrvaṁ mahad yuddhaṁ śambarāmararājayoḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Then, O king, a most wondrous battle arose between those two. It was like the great combat of old between the asura Śambara and the king of the gods, Indra—so extraordinary was their clash.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how epic narration uses mythic exemplars to frame human conflict: by comparing the warriors’ duel to Indra’s ancient battle with Śambara, it underscores the awe-inspiring scale of violence and the grave moral weight of war, where prowess can appear ‘wondrous’ even as it serves destructive ends.
Sañjaya reports to the king that an extraordinary fight has begun between two principal combatants (contextually, the pair under description in this section). He intensifies the scene by likening it to the famed primordial battle between the asura Śambara and Indra.