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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 ||

จากนั้นศึกก็ปะทุขึ้นอีกครั้งอย่างดุเดือดยิ่ง ระหว่างกองทัพของท่านกับฝ่ายศัตรู ประหนึ่งสงครามเทวะกับอสูร

ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
FormAvyaya
प्रववृतेarose/began
प्रववृते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र√वृत् (वर्तते)
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd person, singular, Ātmanepada
युद्धम्battle/war
युद्धम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध
FormNeuter, nominative, singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
FormAvyaya
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
FormAvyaya
सुदारुणम्very dreadful
सुदारुणम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसुदारुण
FormNeuter, nominative, singular (agreeing with युद्धम्)
तावकानाम्of your side (your men)
तावकानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootतावक
FormMasculine, genitive, plural
परेषाम्of the others/enemies
परेषाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपर
FormMasculine, genitive, plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
FormAvyaya
देवासुररणोपमम्like the battle of gods and asuras
देवासुररणोपमम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootदेवासुर-रण-उपम
FormNeuter, nominative, singular (agreeing with युद्धम्)

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
T
tāvakāḥ (Kaurava forces)
P
pare (opposing forces: Pāṇḍava side)
D
deva
A
asura

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.