Shloka 28
दुःशासननिग्रहः—द्रोणधृष्टद्युम्नयुद्धप्रसङ्गः
Rebuke of Duḥśāsana; Context of the Droṇa–Dhṛṣṭadyumna Combat
तयोर्युद्धे महाराज चित्ररूपमिवाभवत् | यादृशं हि पुरा वृत्तं रामरावणयोर्मुधे,महाराज! पूर्वकालमें श्रीराम और रावणके युद्धमें जैसी आश्चर्यजनक घटना घटित हुई थी, उसी प्रकार उन दोनों राक्षसोंका युद्ध भी विचित्र-सा ही हुआ
tayor yuddhe mahārāja citrarūpam ivābhavat | yādṛśaṃ hi purā vṛttaṃ rāma-rāvaṇayor mudhe mahārāja ||
तयोर्युद्धे महाराज चित्ररूपमिवाभवत् । यादृशं हि पुरा वृत्तं रामरावणयोर्मुधे ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames present violence through the lens of remembered epic exemplars: extraordinary battles are not merely displays of force but moments with moral and fateful weight, inviting the listener (the king) to recognize patterns of conflict and consequence.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the duel he is describing became astonishing and strange in its intensity and spectacle, and he likens it to the famed ancient battle between Rāma and Rāvaṇa.