Shloka 9

Devanagari script

यदा तु विषमी भावमाविशन्ति परस्परम्‌ | तदा देहैदेहवन्तो व्यतिरोहन्ति नान्यथा,जब ये विषमभावको प्राप्त होते हैं, तब एक-दूसरेसे मिल जाते हैं। उस समय ही देहधारी प्राणी अपने शरीरोंसे संयुक्त होते हैं, अन्यथा नहीं

Transliteration

yadā tu viṣamī bhāvam āviśanti parasparam | tadā dehair dehavantō vyatirōhanti nānyathā ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಆದರೆ ಅವು ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಅಸಮಭಾವಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿದಾಗ, ದೇಹವಂತರು ತಮ್ಮದೇ ದೇಹಗಳಿಂದ ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಢಿಕ್ಕಿ ಹೊಡೆದು ಗೂಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಬೇರೆ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲ್ಲ.

Word by Word

यदाwhen

तुbut/indeed

विषमीunequal/irregular

भावम्state/condition

आविशन्तिenter/attain

परस्परम्mutually/into one another

तदाthen

देहैःby/with bodies

देहवन्तःembodied (beings)

व्यतिरोहन्तिintermingle/come together (lit. overgrow/overlap)

नnot

अन्यथाotherwise

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

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?

Physical confrontation is portrayed as the outcome of an inner and mutual imbalance (viṣamī-bhāva). When minds and relations become discordant, embodied beings inevitably come into bodily opposition; without such inner disharmony, the verse implies, the collision would not arise.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing the dynamics by which opponents come to physical engagement: once mutual hostility or imbalance takes hold between parties, they meet and clash through their bodies. It frames the impending or ongoing conflict as rooted in a prior shift of disposition.