Shloka 43
Devanagari script
तेषां समागमो घोरो बभूव युधि संगत: । अन्योन्यस्य वधार्थाय जिगीषूणां महाहवे
Transliteration
teṣāṃ samāgamo ghoro babhūva yudhi saṃgataḥ | anyonyasya vadhārthāya jigīṣūṇāṃ mahāhave ||
Translation
サンジャヤは言った。「戦場における彼らの遭遇は、まことに凄惨となった。あの大戦において互いに間合いを詰めて交戦すると、勝利を求める意志に駆られ、双方とも相手を討ち滅ぼさんとしたのである。」
Word by Word
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
समागमःmeeting, encounter
समागमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसमागम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
घोरःterrible, dreadful
घोरः:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बभूवbecame, occurred
बभूव:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular
युधिin battle
युधि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयुध्
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
संगतःjoined, engaged (in close combat)
संगतः:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootसंगत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अन्योन्यस्यof one another
अन्योन्यस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्योन्य
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
वधार्थायfor the purpose of killing
वधार्थाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootवधार्थ
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
जिगीषूणाम्of those desiring to conquer
जिगीषूणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootजिगीषु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
महाहवेin the great battle
महाहवे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहाहव
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical tension of war: when victory becomes the overriding aim, combat turns ghora—dreadful—because mutual destruction is embraced as a means to conquest, underscoring the grave cost of martial ambition even within a dharma-framed battlefield.
Sañjaya describes the moment when the opposing forces close ranks and fully engage; their meeting becomes fierce as both sides, eager to win, fight with the intent to kill one another in the great Kurukṣetra war.