Shloka 65

युधिष्ठिरस्य कृष्णार्जुनादि-समाश्वासनम्

Yudhiṣṭhira’s reassurance and praise of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna, Bhīma, and Sātyaki

Devanagari script

तदद्भुतम भूद्‌ युद्ध द्रोणपाउचालयोस्तदा । त्रैलोक्यकाड्क्षिणोरासीच्छक्रप्रह्लादयोरिव

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | tad adbhutam abhūd yuddhaṃ droṇa-pāñcālayos tadā | trailokya-kāṅkṣiṇor āsīc chakra-prahlādayor iva ||

Translation

ಆ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ದ್ರೋಣ ಮತ್ತು ಪಾಞ್ಚಾಲರ ನಡುವಿನ ಆ ಯುದ್ಧ ಅತೀವ ಅದ್ಭುತವಾಯಿತು. ಅದು ತ್ರೈಲೋಕ್ಯದ ಅಧಿಪತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಬಯಸಿದ ಶಕ್ರ (ಇಂದ್ರ) ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಹ್ಲಾದರ ಸಂಘರ್ಷದಂತಿತ್ತು.

Word by Word

तत्that

अद्भुतम्wonderful, marvelous

भूत्became, happened

युद्धम्battle, fight

द्रोणof Droṇa

पाञ्चालयोःof the two Pāñcālas (Drupada and Dhṛṣṭadyumna / Pāñcāla side)

तदाthen, at that time

त्रैलोक्यकाङ्क्षिणोःof the two who desired the three worlds

आसीत्was

शक्रof Śakra (Indra)

प्रह्लादयोःof Prahlāda (and the other; dual used in the simile)

इवlike, as if

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa

Pāñcālas

Trailokya (three worlds)

Śakra (Indra)

Prahlāda

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how war can swell into a spectacle of power and ambition, framed on a cosmic scale. By comparing the duel to divine-asura rivalry, it implicitly warns that the pursuit of supremacy—even ‘over the three worlds’—can eclipse restraint and dharmic balance, turning conflict into a contest of ego and might.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the fighting at this point in Droṇa Parva: the confrontation between Droṇa and the Pāñcāla forces has become extraordinarily intense and awe-inspiring. He emphasizes its magnitude through a mythic comparison to a famed clash between Śakra (Indra) and Prahlāda.