Shloka 403

नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च

Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault

Devanagari script

समासाद्य रणेडन्योन्यं संरब्धा नातिचक्रमु: । रणभूमिमें घुड़सवार घुड़सवारोंसे और पैदल पैदलोंसे भिड़कर परस्पर कुपित होते हुए भी एक-दूसरेको लाँधघकर आगे नहीं बढ़ पाते थे

Transliteration

samāsādya raṇe ’nyonyaṃ saṃrabdhā nāticakramuḥ |

Translation

Санджая сказал: Сойдясь вплотную в гуще боя, воины — хоть и пылали гневом — не могли ни смять, ни перешагнуть через противников. Конники сталкивались с конниками, пешие — с пешими; обе стороны удерживали свои места в мрачной, равной по силе теснине сражения.

Word by Word

• समासाद्य: having approached/come up to
• समासाद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अन्योन्यम्: one another (each other)
• अन्योन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्योन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संरब्धाः: enraged, excited, furious
• संरब्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-√रभ्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अतिचक्रमुः: they did not overstep/pass beyond
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति-√क्रम्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• battlefield (raṇa/raṇabhūmi)
• horsemen
• foot-soldiers

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even intense anger and effort do not guarantee victory; in war, outcomes depend on collective strength, positioning, and fate, and a righteous observer should recognize the limits of personal will amid larger forces.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a moment of deadlock: opposing troops meet head-on, with cavalry engaging cavalry and infantry engaging infantry, yet neither side can break through or advance past the other.