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Shloka 226

संग्रामे भरतश्रेष्ठ देवानां दानवैरिव । भरतभूषण! उनका वह भयंकर युद्ध देवासुरसंग्रामके समान रोंगटे खड़े कर देनेवाला था

saṅgrāme bharataśreṣṭha devānāṃ dānavair iva | bharatabhūṣaṇa! unakā vaha bhayaṅkara yuddha devāsura-saṅgrāma-ke samāna roṅgaṭe khaḍe kara dene-vālā thā |

سنجے نے کہا—اے بھرتوں میں سب سے برتر، اے بھرت ونش کے زیور! اُن کا وہ ہولناک سنگرام دیوتاؤں اور دانَووں کی جنگ کے مانند تھا—ایسا دہشت ناک کہ دیکھتے ہی رونگٹے کھڑے ہو جائیں۔

संग्रामेin the battle
संग्रामे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंग्राम
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas
भरतश्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-श्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
दानवैःby/with the demons (Dānavas)
दानवैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदानव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
भरतभूषणO ornament of the Bharatas
भरतभूषण:
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-भूषण
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
B
Bharata lineage (addressed person, traditionally Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
D
Devas
D
Dānavas/Asuras
D
Devāsura-saṅgrāma (archetypal divine-demonic war)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames human warfare within a cosmic moral imagination: the Kurukṣetra battle is portrayed as so vast and dreadful that it resembles the archetypal devas-versus-asuras conflict. Ethically, it underscores the gravity of kṣatriya violence—its awe, terror, and world-shaking consequences—rather than glorifying it.

Sañjaya is reporting the intensity of the fighting to the Bharata king (addressed with honorifics). He uses a powerful simile—comparing the scene to the divine-demonic war—to convey how frightening and extraordinary the battle has become.