Shloka 39
Vāg-yuddha and Nimitta-darśana before the Gadāyuddha
Verbal Duel and Omens
Devanagari script
गजाविव सुसंरब्धौ ज्वलिताविव पावकौ
Transliteration
gajāvivā susaṃrabdhau jvalitāvivā pāvakau
Translation
Санджая сказал: Оба, яростно разъярённые, были как слоны в мусте; пылая гневом, они были как разожжённые пожары — образ того, как неукрощённая ярость на войне превращает силу во всепожирающее разрушение.
Word by Word
गजौtwo elephants
गजौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
इवlike/as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
सुसंरब्धौboth greatly enraged/impetuous
सुसंरब्धौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुसंरब्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
ज्वलितौboth blazing
ज्वलितौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootज्वलित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
इवlike/as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
पावकौtwo fires
पावकौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपावक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaE
elephants (gaja)F
fire (pāvaka)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how anger and battle-fury, though arising from power and courage, can become self-consuming like fire; ethical restraint is implied as the antidote to destructive rage.
Sañjaya describes two combatants (implied from context) locked in intense confrontation, comparing their ferocity to maddened elephants and their blazing wrath to fire.