Mahabharata 7.16.13 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 16, Shloka 13

Adhyāya 16: Saṃśaptaka-vrata and the Diversion of Arjuna (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय १६)

Devanagari script

एवं युयुधिरे वीरा: संरब्धा: कुरुपाण्डवा: । परस्परमुदी क्षन्त: परस्परकृतागस:,इस प्रकार एक-दूसरेके अपराध करनेवाले कौरव-पाण्डववीर परस्पर क्रोधपूर्ण दृष्टिसे देखते हुए युद्ध करने लगे

Transliteration

evaṁ yuyudhire vīrāḥ saṁrabdhāḥ kuru-pāṇḍavāḥ | parasparam udīkṣantaḥ paraspara-kṛtāgasaḥ ||

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—یوں کورو اور پاندو کے سورما غصّے سے بھڑک اٹھے اور لڑنے لگے؛ ایک دوسرے کو قصوروار سمجھتے ہوئے وہ غضب ناک نگاہوں سے باہم گھورتے رہے۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• युयुधिरे: fought
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada

• वीराः: heroes/warriors
• वीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• संरब्धाः: enraged, agitated
• संरब्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संरब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुरु-पाण्डवाः: the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas
• कुरु-पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परस्परम्: mutually, each other
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर

• उदीक्षन्तः: looking at, gazing upon
• उदीक्षन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + ईक्ष्
• Form: Present (participle), Parasmaipada (active), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परस्पर-कृत-आगसः: having committed offenses against each other
• परस्पर-कृत-आगसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परस्पर + कृत + आगस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kurus (Kauravas)
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a moral dynamic of war: when both sides fixate on each other’s faults and nurture anger, violence becomes self-perpetuating. It implicitly warns that mutual blame (paraspara-kṛtāgasaḥ) and wrathful perception (udīkṣantaḥ) cloud discernment and weaken dharmic restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield situation: Kuru and Pāṇḍava warriors, provoked and furious, continue fighting while staring at each other with hostile looks, each side viewing the other as the offender.