Shloka 45

Devanagari script

उभौ परमसंहृष्टावु भौ युद्धाभिनन्दिनौ

Transliteration

ubhau paramasaṁhṛṣṭāv ubhau yuddhābhinandinau

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಅವರು ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಪರಮ ಹರ್ಷಿತರಾಗಿದ್ದರು; ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಯುದ್ಧಾಭಿನಂದಿಗಳು, ಬರಲಿರುವ ಸಮರವನ್ನು ಆಸೆಯಿಂದ ಒಪ್ಪಿಕೊಂಡರು।

Word by Word

• उभौ: both (of them)
• उभौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• परमसंहृष्टौ: highly delighted / exceedingly exhilarated
• परमसंहृष्टौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमसंहृष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• युद्धाभिनन्दिनौ: rejoicing in battle / approving of battle
• युद्धाभिनन्दिनौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्धाभिनन्दिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kṣatriya martial ethos: in a dharma-framed conflict, warriors may feel exhilaration and even approval toward battle. Ethically, it points to the tension between righteous duty and the intoxicating excitement of violence—an attitude that later reflection in the epic often scrutinizes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the two opposing champions (implied by context) are both highly exhilarated and welcoming the fight, signaling readiness and eagerness as the battle situation intensifies.