Shloka 27

Virāṭa Rescued from Suśarmā; Night Battle and Royal Gratitude (विराटमोक्षणं सुशर्मवधाभिमुखं च)

Devanagari script

अन्योन्यं चापि संरब्धौ विचेरतुरमर्षणौ । कृतास्त्रौ निशितैर्बाणैरसिशक्तिगदा भूती,दोनोंका एक दूसरेके प्रति क्रोध और अमर्ष बढ़ा हुआ था। दोनों ही अस्त्रविद्यामें निपुण थे और दोनोंने ही तलवार, शक्ति तथा गदा भी ले रखी थी। उस समय दोनों तीखे बाणोंसे परस्पर प्रहार करते हुए रणभूमिमें विचरने लगे

Transliteration

anyonyam cāpi saṃrabdhau viceratur amarṣaṇau | kṛtāstrau niśitair bāṇair asiśaktigadābhṛtau ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。互いへの憤激は燃えさかり、怨みはなお鎮まらず、二人は戦場を巡り動いた。武器の術に通じ、剣と、śakti（投げ槍）と、棍棒を携え、鋭い矢で互いを射ては打ち合いながら陣中を駆け回った――増幅する怒りが戦いをさらに推し進める姿である。

Word by Word

अन्योन्यम्mutually, each other

चand

अपिalso, even

संरब्धौenraged, excited (in anger)

विचेरतुःthey two moved about, roamed

अमर्षणौintolerant, unenduring (of affront)

कृतास्त्रौtrained/versed in weapons (having prepared weapons/weapon-skill)

निशितैःwith sharp

बाणैःwith arrows

असिsword

शक्तिspear, javelin

गदाmace

भूतीhaving/possessing (lit. possessions); text likely corrupt here

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

arrows (bāṇa)

sword (asi)

śakti (javelin)

mace (gadā)

battlefield (implicit)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger and resentment (saṃrambha, amarṣa) intensify conflict: even highly trained warriors, equipped with many weapons, become driven by escalating hostility. Ethically, it underscores the danger of krodha in war—skill without restraint can magnify destruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Two opposing fighters, both expert in arms and carrying sword, javelin, and mace, move around the battlefield and exchange volleys of sharp arrows, their mutual anger rising.