Shloka 25
उभौ विश्लुतकर्माणौ पौरुषेण बलेन च | उभौ च सदृशौ युद्धे शम्बरामरराजयो:
ubhau viśluta-karmāṇau pauruṣeṇa balena ca | ubhau ca sadṛśau yuddhe śambarāmararājayoḥ ||
संजय म्हणाला—दोघांची कृत्ये जणू आवरात राहिली नव्हती; पुरुषार्थ व बल यात ते परस्पर सम होते. रणांगणी ते असे भासत होते, जणू शंबरासुर आणि देवराज इंद्र समोरासमोर उभे आहेत.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, when warriors abandon restraint and commit fully to combat, the contest becomes a test of sheer prowess and strength; it also cautions that unbridled action (viśluta-karman) intensifies violence and its consequences.
Sañjaya describes two opposing fighters as evenly matched in valor and power, using a mythic comparison: their clash resembles the legendary confrontation between the asura Śambara and Indra, the king of the gods.