Shloka 8

Devanagari script

सम्प्रहारमकुर्वस्ते सर्वे च सुमहारथा: । अमर्षिता: सत्त्ववन्त: कृत्वा मरणमग्रत:,उस समय अमर्षसे भरे हुए उन सभी धैर्यशाली महारथियोंने मृत्युको सामने रखकर परस्पर युद्ध आरम्भ कर दिया

Transliteration

samprahāram akurvanta te sarve ca sumahārathāḥ | amarṣitāḥ sattvavantaḥ kṛtvā maraṇam agrataḥ ||

Translation

ಆಗ ಆ ಧೈರ್ಯಶಾಲಿಗಳಾದ ಮಹಾರಥರೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಅಮರ್ಷದಿಂದ ಉರಿದು, ಮರಣವನ್ನು ಮುಂದಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡು, ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಭೀಕರ ಸಂಪ್ರಹಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಇಳಿದರು।

Word by Word

सम्प्रहारम्mutual combat, battle

अकुर्वन्they did, they began (to do)

तेthey, those

सर्वेall

चand

सुमहारथाःvery great chariot-warriors

अमर्षिताःenraged, intolerant (of insult)

सत्त्ववन्तःcourageous, possessing fortitude

कृत्वाhaving made, having placed (as)

मरणम्death

अग्रतःin front, before (them)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

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 the warrior-code ideal of steadfast courage: the fighters, driven by righteous anger or wounded honor, accept death as a foreseen consequence and still commit to battle—revealing both the valor praised in kṣatriya-dharma and the tragic cost of unchecked wrath.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a moment when all the great warriors, enraged and determined, enter into intense hand-to-hand or close combat, fighting one another with death consciously ‘set before’ them.