Shloka 29

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 155 — Ghaṭotkaca-nidhana-śoka and Karṇa-śakti-vyaya

Kṛṣṇa’s strategic reassurance

Devanagari script

तावुभौ युधि कौरव्यौ समीयतुररिंदमौ

Transliteration

tāv ubhau yudhi kauravyau samīyatur arindamau

Translation

ಆ ಇಬ್ಬರು ಕೌರವ ಯೋಧರು, ಶತ್ರುದಮನರು, ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಎದುರಾದರು.

Word by Word

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

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

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कौरव्यौ: the two Kauravas (scions of Kuru)
• कौरव्यौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• समीयतुः: they two came together / met
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-इ
• Form: Perfect (Parasmaipada), Third, Dual

• अरिंदमौ: enemy-subduing (two)
• अरिंदमौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिंदम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• two Kaurava warriors (unspecified in this verse)
• battlefield (Kurukṣetra implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the inexorable momentum of war: valor and enmity draw warriors into direct encounter. Ethically, it underscores the kṣatriya frame of duty and the grave seriousness of choosing conflict, where meeting the enemy becomes both a test of courage and a consequence of prior decisions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that two Kaurava champions come face-to-face on the battlefield and engage one another, setting up or continuing a duel within the larger fighting of the Droṇa Parva.