Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तावन्योन्यं महाराज समासाद्य महाहवे । अन्योन्यवेगाभिहतौ निपेततुररिंदमौ,महाराज! शत्रुओंका दमन करनेवाले वे दोनों वीर उस महायुद्धमें परस्पर भिड़कर एक- दूसरेके वेगपूर्वक किये हुए आघातसे अत्यन्त घायल हो पृथ्वीपर गिरे पड़े

Transliteration

tāv anyonyaṁ mahārāja samāsādya mahāhave | anyonya-vegābhihatāu nipetatur ariṁdamau ||

Translation

महाराज! त्या महायुद्धात ते दोघे शत्रुदमन वीर परस्पर भिडले; एकमेकांच्या वेगवान आघातांनी अत्यंत जखमी होऊन भूमीवर कोसळले.

Word by Word

तौthose two

अन्योन्यम्each other / mutually

महाराजO great king

समासाद्यhaving approached / having encountered

महाहवेin the great battle

अन्योन्यवेगाभिहतौstruck by each other's force/impetus

निपेततुःfell down

अरिंदमौthe two enemy-subduers

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

two unnamed warriors (tāv)

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 underscores the tragic symmetry of warfare: when opponents of comparable strength collide, the result can be mutual destruction. It implicitly cautions that martial glory often culminates in suffering, even for the ‘enemy-subduing’ heroes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that two warriors met head-on in the thick of the great battle; each was struck by the other’s forceful assault, and both fell to the ground badly wounded.