Shloka 39
Vāg-yuddha and Nimitta-darśana before the Gadāyuddha
Verbal Duel and Omens
गजाविव सुसंरब्धौ ज्वलिताविव पावकौ
gajāvivā susaṃrabdhau jvalitāvivā pāvakau
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: Ang dalawa, nagngangalit sa tindi, ay tulad ng mga elepanteng nasa musth; nagliliyab sa poot, sila’y parang mga apoy na nag-aalab—larawan kung paanong ang galit na di napipigil sa digmaan ay ginagawang mapanlamon na pagwasak ang lakas.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how anger and battle-fury, though arising from power and courage, can become self-consuming like fire; ethical restraint is implied as the antidote to destructive rage.
Sañjaya describes two combatants (implied from context) locked in intense confrontation, comparing their ferocity to maddened elephants and their blazing wrath to fire.