Shloka 27

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

आसीतू्‌ केशपरामर्शों मुष्टियुद्धं च दारुणम्‌

Transliteration

āsīt keśaparāmarśo muṣṭiyuddhaṃ ca dāruṇam

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。やがて凄惨な争いとなり、互いの髪をつかんで組み合い、握り拳で激しく打ち合った。戦はついに、怒りが節度を呑み込む残酷な白兵戦へと堕ちたのである。

Word by Word

• आसीत्: was / occurred
• आसीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Singular

• केश-परामर्शः: hair-pulling / seizing of hair
• केश-परामर्शः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केश + परामर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुष्टि-युद्धम्: fist-fight
• मुष्टि-युद्धम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुष्टि + युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दारुणम्: terrible / dreadful
• दारुणम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how warfare can degrade into raw brutality when anger and desperation override discipline; it implicitly warns that even in a dharma-framed conflict, violence can slip beyond ethical restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the fighters closed in at very short range, grappling by the hair and striking with fists—an intense, dreadful phase of close-quarters combat within the larger battle.