Shloka 27
देवसत्रे मृत्युनिरोधः, पूर्वेन्द्राणां मानुषावतरणम्, द्रौपदी-वरकथनम्
Suspension of Death at the Devasatra; Former Indras’ Human Descent; Draupadī’s Boon Etiology
पाषाणसम्पातनिभीै: प्रहारैरभिजध्नतु: । मुहूर्त तौ तदान्योन्यं समरे पर्यकर्षताम्
pāṣāṇa-sampātana-nibhaiḥ prahārair abhijaghnatuḥ | muhūrtaṃ tau tadānyonyaṃ samare paryakarṣatām ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。石の激突にも似た音を立てる重い打撃で互いを打ち、二人は戦場で組み合って、引きずり合いながら前後に揺さぶり合った。しばらくの間、戦のただ中で引き、押し、身をぶつけ合い、その体からは乾いた衝撃音が響いた—岩がぶつかるかのように。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse primarily offers vivid battlefield narration rather than explicit moral instruction; implicitly, it highlights how conflict can devolve into brute force and mutual harm, underscoring the destructive momentum of unchecked combat.
Two fighters are locked in close combat, dragging and pulling each other while delivering heavy blows whose sound is compared to stones crashing together.