Shloka 11

Devanagari script

वर्तमाने तथा युद्धे घोरे देवासुरोपमे

Transliteration

vartamāne tathā yuddhe ghore devāsuropame

Translation

ದೇವಾಸುರಸಂಗ್ರಾಮದಂತೆ ಆ ಘೋರ ಯುದ್ಧ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ, ಸಂಜಯನು ಅದನ್ನು ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಮಟ್ಟದ ಮಹಾಸಂಘರ್ಷವಾಗಿ ಚಿತ್ರಿಸಿದನು—ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಯುದ್ಧದ ಭೀಕರ ತೀವ್ರತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಧರ್ಮಭಾರದ ನೈತಿಕ ಗಂಭೀರತೆ ಪರಮಾವಧಿಗೆ ತಲುಪುತ್ತವೆ.

Word by Word

• वर्तमाने: while (it was) going on / in progress
• वर्तमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्तमान (वृत्-धातोः शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• युद्धे: in the battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• घोरे: terrible, dreadful
• घोरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• देव: gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: masculine, compound-member, compound-member

• असुर: asuras (demons)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: masculine, compound-member, compound-member

• उपमे: comparable to / like
• उपमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपम
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Devas
• Asuras
• the battle (yuddha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how war, when it becomes ghora (dreadful), takes on a near-cosmic magnitude, reminding the listener that such violence is not merely tactical but ethically weighty, shaking the very order (dharma) that society depends upon.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battle as it is actively unfolding, characterizing it as terrifying and comparable to the legendary devas-versus-asuras conflict, thereby heightening the sense of scale and intensity in the Drona Parva war episodes.