Shloka 33

Devanagari script

उभौ क्रोधविषं दीप्तं वमन्‍्तावुरगाविव । अन्योन्यमभिसंरब्धौ प्रेक्षमाणावरिंदमौ,जैसे शरद-ऋतुमें मैथुनकी इच्छावाली हथिनीसे समागम करनेके लिये दो मतवाले हाथी मदोन्मत्त होकर एक-दूसरेपर धावा करते हों, उसी प्रकार अपने बलका गर्व रखनेवाले वे दोनों वीर एक-दूसरेसे टक्कर लेनेको उद्यत थे। शत्रुओंका दमन करनेवाले वे दोनों योद्धा दो सर्पोके समान प्रज्वलित क्रोधरूपी विषका वमन करते हुए एक-दूसरेको रोषपूर्वक देख रहे थे

Transliteration

ubhau krodhaviṣaṁ dīptaṁ vamantāv uragāv iva | anyonyam abhisarambdhau prekṣamāṇāv ariṁdamau ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「二人の戦士は、燃え立つ毒を吐く二匹の蛇のように、怒りに燃えていた。互いの憤激に絡め取られた敵伏せの者たちは、衝突の瞬間を待ち、相手を睨み据えていた。」

Word by Word

उभौboth

क्रोध-विषम्the poison of wrath

दीप्तम्blazing

वमन्तौvomiting / spewing

उरगौtwo serpents

इवlike, as

अन्योन्यम्each other (mutually)

अभिसंरब्धौenraged, highly provoked

प्रेक्षमाणौlooking at

अरिंदमौsubduers of enemies

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

two unnamed warriors (ariṁdamau)

serpents (uragau)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger functions like poison: once kindled, it distorts perception and propels even great heroes toward ruinous action. It implicitly warns that valor without restraint and ethical self-governance becomes self-destructive.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes two opposing champions on the battlefield, both intensely enraged. They glare at each other and prepare to collide, compared to two serpents spewing venom—an image emphasizing the ferocity and danger of their imminent duel.