Shloka 41
गदायुद्ध-समारम्भः
Commencement of the Mace-Duel Proceedings
स शीघ्रगामिना तेन रथेन यदुपुड्भव: । दिदृक्षुरभिसम्प्राप्त: शिष्ययुद्धमुपस्थितम्,उसी शीघ्रगामी रथके द्वारा तत्काल उपस्थित हुए दोनों शिष्योंका युद्ध देखनेके लिये यदुपुंगव बलरामजी उनके पास जा पहुँचे
sa śīghragāminā tena rathena yadupuṅgavaḥ | didṛkṣur abhisamprāptaḥ śiṣyayuddham upasthitam ||
ആ അതിവേഗ രഥത്തിൽ യദുക്കളിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠനായ ബലരാമൻ, രണ്ടു ശിഷ്യന്മാരുടെ ഇടയിൽ ഉദിച്ച ദ്വന്ദ്വയുദ്ധം കാണുവാൻ ആഗ്രഹിച്ച്, ഉടൻ അവിടെയെത്തി।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral weight of conflict when it involves those bound by learning and lineage: even in war, relationships such as guru–disciple ties intensify the ethical stakes, making the act of witnessing and judging the duel significant.
Balarāma, traveling in a swift chariot, comes quickly to the scene because he wants to see the duel that has arisen between two disciples.