Shloka 11

Devanagari script

समेत्य च महावीरीौ संरब्धौ युद्धदुर्मदौ । ववर्षतुर्महेष्वासौ शरैरन्योन्यमाहवे,इस प्रकार वे महाधनुर्धर, महावीर और महारथी दोनों रणदुर्मद बन्धु एक-दूसरेके सामने आ गये और क्रोधपूर्वक आपसमें भिड़कर युद्धस्थलमें परस्पर बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगे

Transliteration

sametya ca mahāvīrau saṃrabdhau yuddha-durmadau | vavarṣatur mahēṣvāsau śarair anyonyam āhave ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍາກ່າວວ່າ: ວີລະບຸລຸດຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ທັງສອງໄດ້ພົບກັນຕໍ່ໜ້າ—ຕ່າງຄົນຕ່າງເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍໂທສະ ແລະມຶນເມົາດ້ວຍຄວາມຄືກຄືນຂອງສົງຄາມ. ນັກທະນູຜູ້ແຂງກ້າເຂົ້າປະຊິດກັນໃນສະໜາມຮົບ ແລະເມື່ອປະລະກັນຢ່າງແນ່ນອນ ກໍພາກັນຫວ່ານຝົນລູກສອນໃສ່ກັນໄປມາ.

Word by Word

समेत्यhaving come together

चand

महावीरौtwo great heroes

संरब्धौenraged, excited

युद्धदुर्मदौmad with battle-fury

ववर्षतुःthey rained down

महेष्वासौtwo great bowmen

शरैःwith arrows

अन्योन्यम्each other (mutually)

आहवेin battle

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

two great heroes (mahāvīrau)

arrows (śara)

battle/war (āhava, yuddha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger and the intoxication of combat can override restraint and even familial bonds, illustrating the ethical tragedy of war: once wrath takes command, mutual harm becomes inevitable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes two mighty warriors meeting directly on the battlefield and, in a rage, engaging one another by raining volleys of arrows in close combat.