Shloka 34

अध्याय २२ — अमर्याद-युद्धवर्णन

Unrestrained Battle Description and Śakuni’s Rear Assault

Devanagari script

तयोर्युद्धं महच्चासीत्‌ संग्रामे भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

tayor yuddhaṁ mahac cāsīt saṅgrāme bharatarṣabha

Translation

Санджая сказал: О бык среди Бхарат, на том поле брани их поединок стал поистине великим — яростным столкновением в самой гуще войны, отмеченным грозным напряжением сил и нарастающим насилием.

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, dual

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, singular

• संग्रामे: in the battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bharatarṣabha (address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• two unnamed combatants (tayor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how quickly a duel between two warriors can intensify into a ‘great’ and consuming conflict, reminding the listener that war magnifies human effort and aggression and must be understood within the heavy moral weight of kṣatriya action and consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the fight between two opposing warriors has become extremely fierce on the battlefield, signaling a heightened phase of the ongoing Kurukṣetra war.