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Shloka 20

शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12

अथाश्येत्य पदान्यष्टौ संनिपातो5भवत्‌ तयो: । उद्यम्य लोहदण्डाभ्यामतिमानुषकर्मणो:,वे युद्ध करते-करते आठ कदम आगे बढ़ आये और लोहेके डंडे उठाकर एक-दूसरेको मारने लगे। उनका पराक्रम अलौकिक था। उन दोनोंमें उस समय भयानक संघर्ष होने लगा

athāśyetya padāny aṣṭau saṃnipāto 'bhavat tayoḥ | udyamya lohadaṇḍābhyām atimānuṣakarmaṇoḥ ||

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်။ ထို့နောက် သူတို့နှစ်ဦးသည် တစ်ယောက်နှင့်တစ်ယောက်ဆီသို့ ခြေလှမ်းရှစ်လှမ်း တိုးကာ နီးကပ်လာကြ၏။ သံတုတ်များကို မြှောက်ယူ၍ လူ့အင်အားထက်လွန်ကဲသော သတ္တိဗလရှိသူတို့သည် အပြန်အလှန် ထိုးနှက်ကြပြီး ထိုခဏတွင်ပင် ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ် နီးကပ်တိုက်ခိုက်မှုကြမ်းတမ်းသော တိုက်ပွဲက သူတို့ကြားတွင် ပေါ်ပေါက်လာ၏။

अथthen
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
आश्येत्यhaving approached/come near
आश्येत्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ-शी (धातु) / आश्य (कृदन्त-आधार)
FormAbsolutive (त्वान्त/ल्यप्), indeclinable
पदानिsteps
पदानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपद
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
अष्टौeight
अष्टौ:
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural (numeral used with implied masculine subject)
संनिपातःclose encounter/clash
संनिपातः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंनिपात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अभवत्occurred/was
अभवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada
तयोःof the two (of them)
तयोः:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual
उद्यम्यhaving lifted/raised
उद्यम्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद्-यम्
FormAbsolutive (ल्यप्), indeclinable
लोहदण्डाभ्याम्with two iron clubs/rods
लोहदण्डाभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootलोहदण्ड
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Dual
अतिमानुषकर्मणोःof the two whose deeds were superhuman
अतिमानुषकर्मणोः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअतिमानुषकर्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Dual

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
I
iron clubs (lohadaṇḍa)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how quickly battle can intensify into brutal hand-to-hand violence when opponents close distance and abandon restraint; it implicitly warns that pride and wrath can eclipse discernment, even among mighty warriors.

Two warriors advance eight steps toward each other, come into close contact, raise iron clubs, and begin striking one another; Sañjaya emphasizes the terrifying, superhuman nature of their clash.