Shloka 39
कर्णभीमयुद्धम्
Karna–Bhīma Combat Report
Devanagari script
ते गदे सहसा मुक्ते समासाद्य परस्परम्
Transliteration
te gade sahasā mukte samāsādya parasparam
Translation
ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಆ ಎರಡು ಗದೆಗಳು ಸಹಸಾ ಎಸೆಯಲ್ಪಟ್ಟು, ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಎದುರುಬಂದು ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲೇ ಡಿಕ್ಕಿಯಾದವು।
Word by Word
तेthose two
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
गदेmaces (two)
गदे:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगदा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Dual
सहसाsuddenly, impetuously
सहसा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहसा
मुक्तेreleased, hurled
मुक्ते:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमुक्त
FormFeminine, Accusative, Dual
समासाद्यhaving met/come together, having encountered
समासाद्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√सद्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
परस्परम्mutually, each other
परस्परम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरस्पर
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaG
gadā (mace)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
The verse highlights how, in war, impulsive aggression tends to be mirrored and amplified: when weapons are hurled without pause, they meet in mutual collision—suggesting the ethical cost of escalation and the difficulty of restoring restraint once violence is set in motion.
Two opposing fighters release their maces at the same time; the maces meet each other directly, colliding as they travel, indicating a closely matched and intense exchange in the battle described by Sañjaya.