Shloka 60

अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa

Chapter 161

Devanagari script

तदद्भुतं महद्‌ युद्ध कर्णपाण्डवयोर्मुधे

Transliteration

tad adbhutaṃ mahad yuddhaṃ karṇa-pāṇḍavayor mudhe

Translation

तदद्भुतं महद् युद्धं कर्णपाण्डवयोर्मुधे ॥

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful, astonishing
• अद्भुतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• युद्धम्: battle, war
• युद्धम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कर्णपाण्डवयोः: of Karna and the Pandava (Arjuna)
• कर्णपाण्डवयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण-पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

• मुधे: in battle, in combat
• मुधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Pāṇḍava

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the duel as ‘astonishing’ and ‘great,’ highlighting how epic narration often presents warfare as a spectacle of prowess while implicitly inviting reflection on the moral weight of such greatness—valor and skill unfolding within a tragic, dharma-strained conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a remarkable and mighty battle is occurring between Karṇa and a Pāṇḍava warrior—introducing or emphasizing the intensity of their confrontation amid the wider war.