Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तेषां समागमो घोरो बभूव युधि संगत: । अन्योन्यस्य वधार्थाय जिगीषूणां महाहवे

Transliteration

teṣāṃ samāgamo ghoro babhūva yudhi saṃgataḥ | anyonyasya vadhārthāya jigīṣūṇāṃ mahāhave ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍາກ່າວວ່າ: ການປະຈັນໜ້າຂອງພວກເຂົາໃນສະໜາມຮົບນັ້ນ ກາຍເປັນສິ່ງນ່າຢ້ານຢ່າງຫຼວງ. ໃນສົງຄາມໃຫຍ່ນັ້ນ ເມື່ອເຂົາເຂົ້າປະຊິດກັນເພື່ອຮົບ ທຸກຝ່າຍມຸ່ງຫມາຍຈະຂ້າອີກຝ່າຍ ດ້ວຍໃຈປາຖະໜາໄຊຊະນະ.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• समागमः: meeting, encounter
• समागमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• घोरः: terrible, dreadful
• घोरः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बभूव: became, occurred
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

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

• संगतः: joined, engaged (in close combat)
• संगतः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संगत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अन्योन्यस्य: of one another
• अन्योन्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्योन्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वधार्थाय: for the purpose of killing
• वधार्थाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वधार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• जिगीषूणाम्: of those desiring to conquer
• जिगीषूणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जिगीषु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महाहवे: in the great battle
• महाहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical tension of war: when victory becomes the overriding aim, combat turns ghora—dreadful—because mutual destruction is embraced as a means to conquest, underscoring the grave cost of martial ambition even within a dharma-framed battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the moment when the opposing forces close ranks and fully engage; their meeting becomes fierce as both sides, eager to win, fight with the intent to kill one another in the great Kurukṣetra war.