Mahabharata 7.110.13 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 110, Shloka 13

Adhyāya 110: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament on Fate; Saṃjaya’s Reproof and the Princes’ Assault on Bhīma (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय ११०)

Devanagari script

अलम्बुषस्तु समरे भीमसेनं महाबलम्‌ । योधयामास संक्रुद्धो लक्ष्मणं रावणिर्यथा

Transliteration

alambuṣas tu samare bhīmasenaṁ mahābalam | yodhayāmāsa saṁkruddho lakṣmaṇaṁ rāvaṇir yathā ||

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: Sa gitna ng labanan, ang makapangyarihang rākṣasa na si Alambuṣa, nag-aalab sa poot, ay humarap sa pakikipagtuos kay Bhīmasena na ubod-lakas—gaya noong unang panahon nang ang anak ni Rāvaṇa (Meghanāda/Indrajit) ay nakipagdigma kay Lakṣmaṇa. Ipinapakita ng taludtod kung paanong ang galit at tunggalian ay lalong nagpapasiklab sa digmaan, at kung paanong ang alaala ng epiko’y ginagawang salamin ng kasalukuyang karahasan sa pamamagitan ng kilalang halimbawa ng nakaraan.

Word by Word

• अलम्बुषः: Alambuṣa (the rakṣasa)
• अलम्बुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलम्बुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भीमसेनम्: Bhīmasena
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाबलम्: mighty-strong (very powerful)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• योधयामास: fought/engaged (him) in combat
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic Perfect), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Indicative

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लक्ष्मणम्: Lakṣmaṇa
• लक्ष्मणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रावणिः: Rāvaṇi (son of Rāvaṇa, i.e., Indrajit/Meghanāda)
• रावणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Alambuṣa
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Rāvaṇi (Indrajit/Meghanāda)
• Rāvaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how krodha (wrath) fuels escalation in war, and how poets use remembered archetypal battles (Indrajit vs Lakṣmaṇa) to interpret present events—suggesting that unchecked anger and rivalry can make combat mirror earlier cycles of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the rākṣasa Alambuṣa, furious, directly challenges and fights Bhīma on the battlefield, and the encounter is likened to Indrajit’s famed combat with Lakṣmaṇa in the Rāmāyaṇa.