Shloka 2
अतिकायवधः
The Slaying of Atikāya
स्वबलंव्यथितंदृष्टवातुमुलंरोमहर्षणम् ।भ्रातृ़ंश्चनिहतान् दृष्टवाशक्रतुल्यपराक्रमान् ।।6.71.1।।पितृव्यौचापिसनृदृश्यसमरेसन्निघादितौ ।युद्धोन्मत्तं च मत्तं च भ्रातरौराक्षसर्षभौ ।।6.71.2।।चुकोप च महातेजाब्रह्मदत्तवरोयुधि ।अतिकायोऽद्रिसङ्काशोदेवदानवदर्पहा ।।6.71.3।।
svabalaṁ vyathitaṁ dṛṣṭvā tumulaṁ romaharṣaṇam |
bhrātṝṁś ca nihatān dṛṣṭvā śakratulya-parākramān ||
pitṛvyau cāpi sandṛśya samare sannighāditau |
yuddhonmattaṁ ca mattaṁ ca bhrātarau rākṣasarṣabhau ||
cukopa ca mahātejā brahmadatta-varo yudhi |
atikāyo ’drisaṅkāśo devadānava-darpahā ||
自軍が打ち砕かれ、身の毛もよだつ轟然たる騒乱のただ中にあるのを見、さらにシャクラ（インドラ）に等しい武威をもつ兄弟たちが討たれて横たわるのを見、また戦場で共に斬り伏せられた、羅刹の雄牛たる叔父たち—戦狂のユッドホーンマッタとマッタという二人の兄弟—を目の当たりにして、アティカーイヤは大いなる光輝を放ち、山のごとき姿で、梵天より授かった恩寵を具え、デーヴァとダーナヴァの驕りを砕く者として、戦場にて怒りに燃え上がった。
Highly energetic Atikaya, who was like a mountain in form, had huge body, obtained boons from Brahma, subdued the pride of Devas and Danavas, was equal to Indra in valour. Seeing his own army of Rakshasas that caused horripilation, uncles who were bulls among Rakshasas struck down in the battlefield and his own brothers Yuddhotama (Mahodara) and Matta (Mahaparsva) struck down, he flew in rage.
FAQs
The verse highlights how attachment and clan-loyalty can ignite uncontrolled anger; in dharma-terms, grief is natural, but rage that seeks retaliation without discernment leads further away from righteous conduct.
It truthfully reports the battlefield consequence of adharma-driven war: even mighty, boon-endowed warriors face loss and shock; the narrative’s satya is the impartial depiction of cause-and-effect—violence begets grief and wrath.