Shloka 54
परमन्धकवृष्णिभ्य: पज्चालेभ्यश्व मारिष । तथैवान्धकवृष्णीनां तथैव च विशेषत:
paramāndhakavṛṣṇibhyaḥ pāñcālebhyaś ca māriṣa | tathaivāndhakavṛṣṇīnāṃ tathaiva ca viśeṣataḥ ||
सञ्जय उवाच—मारिष, परमन्धकवृष्णिभ्यः पाञ्चालेभ्यश्च महद्वैरमभवत्। तथैवान्धकवृष्णीनामपि पाञ्चालेषु, विशेषतस्तु तीव्रतरम्॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war intensifies mutual animosity between allied groups; it implicitly warns that collective identities (clans and kingdoms) can harden into reciprocal hostility, escalating violence beyond individual grievances.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that strong antagonism is directed toward the Andhaka–Vṛṣṇi side and the Pāñcālas, and that the Andhaka–Vṛṣṇis respond in kind—suggesting a particularly fierce phase of conflict among these forces.