Shloka 13

Devanagari script

वेगेन महतान्योन्यं संरब्धावभिपेततु: । अभिसंश्शलिष्टयोस्तत्र तयोराहवशौण्डयो:

Transliteration

vegena mahatānyonyaṁ saṁrabdhāvabhipetatuḥ | abhisaṁśśliṣṭayostatra tayorāhavaśauṇḍayoḥ ||

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。「凄まじい勢いと烈々たる決意に駆られ、二人は互いに突進した。そこで間合いを詰め、近接して組み合うや、戦の道に熟達した両雄は、狭く激しい衝突のただ中で相まみえた。」

Word by Word

• वेगेन: with speed/impetus
• वेगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महतान्: great (ones)
• महतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अन्योन्यम्: each other/mutually
• अन्योन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य

• संरब्धौ: both enraged/impetuous
• संरब्धौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संरब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• अभिपेततुः: they two rushed/charged
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√पत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Dual

• अभिसंश्लिष्टयोः: of the two who had closed/locked (in combat)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-सम्-√श्लिष् (अभिसंश्लिष्ट)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual

• तत्र: there/then
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• तयोः: of those two
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual

• आहवशौण्डयोः: of the two battle-experts/champions
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव-शौण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kṣatriya battlefield ethos: when wrath and momentum take hold, conflict rapidly becomes intimate and unavoidable. Ethically, it underscores how anger (saṁrambha) accelerates violence, narrowing choices and drawing opponents into direct, bodily confrontation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes two unnamed champions charging at each other with great speed and fury, then locking together in close quarters—an intense moment of hand-to-hand engagement within the larger battle.