Shloka 50
गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह
Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation
तौ तत्रोपगतौ राजन शरदीप्ती महाबलौ,महाराज! वे दोनों महाबली महामना वीर बाणोंसे उद्दीप्त हो एक-दूसरेको मार डालनेकी इच्छासे समीप आकर वृत्रासुर और इन्द्रके समान युद्ध करने लगे
tau tatropagatau rājan śarādīptī mahābalau | mahārāja! ve dvau mahābalī mahāmanā vīrau bāṇair uddīptau parasparaṁ hantum icchayā samīpam āgatya vṛtrāsura-indravat yuddhaṁ cakratuḥ ||
तौ तत्रोपगतौ राजन् शरदीप्ती महाबलौ। अन्योन्यं जिघांसन्तौ वृत्रेन्द्रसमयुद्ध्यताम्॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the kṣatriya ethos of decisive engagement in battle: when duty and enmity culminate, warriors close in with unwavering intent. The Indra–Vṛtra comparison also hints at the cosmic scale often attributed to human conflict in the epic, where personal valor is framed within larger moral and fated currents.
Sañjaya describes two powerful heroes advancing toward each other, their arrows flashing, and beginning a close, intense fight. Their combat is likened to the legendary battle between Indra and Vṛtra, emphasizing ferocity and the magnitude of the clash.