Shloka 24
नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च
Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault
महद् युद्ध तयोरासीद् घोररूपं भयानकम् । यथा देवासुरे युद्धे शम्बरामरराजयो:
mahad yuddhaṃ tayor āsīd ghorarūpaṃ bhayānakam | yathā devāsure yuddhe śambarāmararājayoḥ ||
Санджая сказал: Между ними двумя разгорелась великая битва — страшная видом и грозная для взора. Она была подобна древнему столкновению богов и асуров, когда асур Шамбара сражался с Индрой, царём бессмертных.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses a Deva–Asura war simile to show how human conflict can swell into a destructive, almost cosmic force. Ethically, it warns that when anger and rivalry dominate, battle becomes ‘ghora’ (terrible), testing whether warriors can still act within dharma rather than being consumed by fear and fury.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that an intense duel has erupted between two principal fighters (unnamed in this single verse). He emphasizes its severity by comparing it to the legendary fight between Śambara the Asura and Indra during an ancient Deva–Asura conflict.