Shloka 333

Devanagari script

युयुधाते महामायौ राक्षसप्रवरौ युधि । उस युद्धस्थलमें वे महामायावी श्रेष्ठ राक्षस अपने हाथियों, घोड़ों, रथों और पैदल सैनिकोंके द्वारा एक-दूसरेपर प्रहार करते हुए युद्ध कर रहे थे

Transliteration

yuyudhāte mahāmāyau rākṣasapravarau yudhi |

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。その戦場において、偉大なる幻術（マーヤー）を自在とする二人の最上の羅刹は、戦の混乱のただ中で互いに打ち合い、なお戦い続けた。彼らの武威は蛮力のみにあらず、欺きのマーヤーに駆動された戦いにあり、戦争が呼び起こす道義の闇と迷妄をいよいよ深めた。

Word by Word

• युयुधाते: they two fought
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, द्विवचन

• महामायौ: two great-illusionists / very magical (ones)
• महामायौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामाया
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• राक्षसप्रवरौ: two foremost among the Rakshasas
• राक्षसप्रवरौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसप्रवर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• two foremost Rākṣasas (unnamed in this pāda)
• battlefield (yuddha-sthala implied)
• māyā (illusion/deception)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how warfare can be intensified by māyā—deception and illusion—suggesting that victory pursued through delusion and ruthless force deepens adharma and moral confusion rather than restoring order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that two powerful, illusion-wielding Rākṣasa champions are engaged in direct combat on the battlefield, striking each other as the fighting rages.