Shloka 11
काकोपमोपदेशः
The Crow-and-Swan Exemplum as Counsel to Karṇa
Devanagari script
समेत्य च महावीरीौ संरब्धौ युद्धदुर्मदौ । ववर्षतुर्महेष्वासौ शरैरन्योन्यमाहवे
Transliteration
sametya ca mahāvīrau saṃrabdhau yuddha-durmadau | vavarṣatur mahēṣvāsau śarair anyonyam āhave ||
Translation
समेत्य च महावीरौ संरब्धौ युद्धदुर्मदौ । ववर्षतुर्महेष्वासौ शरैरन्योन्यमाहवे ॥
Word by Word
समेत्यhaving come together
समेत्य:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-इ (इ)
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
महावीरौtwo great heroes
महावीरौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहावीर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
संरब्धौenraged, excited
संरब्धौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंरब्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
युद्धदुर्मदौmad with battle-fury
युद्धदुर्मदौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयुद्ध-दुर्मद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
ववर्षतुःthey rained down
ववर्षतुः:
TypeVerb
Rootवृष्
Formलिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, Third, Dual
महेष्वासौtwo great bowmen
महेष्वासौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहेष्वास
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
शरैःwith arrows
शरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अन्योन्यम्each other (mutually)
अन्योन्यम्:
Karma
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्योन्य
आहवेin battle
आहवे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआहव
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaT
two great heroes (mahāvīrau)A
arrows (śara)B
battle/war (āhava, yuddha)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 highlights how anger and the intoxication of combat can override restraint and even familial bonds, illustrating the ethical tragedy of war: once wrath takes command, mutual harm becomes inevitable.
Sañjaya describes two mighty warriors meeting directly on the battlefield and, in a rage, engaging one another by raining volleys of arrows in close combat.