Shloka 60
अध्याय ३: कृपस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः
Kṛpa’s Counsel to Duryodhana
ततः प्रववृते युद्ध पुनरेव सुदारुणम् । तावकानां परेषां च देवासुररणोपमम्,तदनन्तर आपके और शत्रुपक्षके सैनिकोंमें पुनः देवासुर-संग्रामके समान अत्यन्त भयंकर युद्ध होने लगा
tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ punar eva sudāruṇam | tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca devāsura-raṇopamam ||
ఆ తరువాత మీ సేనలకూ శత్రుపక్ష సేనలకూ మధ్య మళ్లీ దేవాసుర సంగ్రామంలా అత్యంత భయంకరమైన యుద్ధం చెలరేగింది.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the recurring, self-perpetuating nature of warfare: even after pauses, conflict reignites with terrifying intensity. By likening it to the devas–asuras war, it frames the struggle as vast and consuming, warning how collective passions and rival claims can repeatedly override restraint and compassion.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the fighting has resumed once more, becoming extremely fierce. The armies on both sides surge back into combat, and the scene is compared to the mythic battlefield of gods and demons to convey scale and ferocity.