Shloka 14

भीमसेन-दुर्योधन-समागमः

Bhīmasena–Duryodhana Engagement at Sunset

Devanagari script

समेतानां च समरे जिगीषूणां परस्परम्‌ | बभूव तुमुल: शब्द: सिंहानामिव नर्दताम्‌

Transliteration

sametānāṃ ca samare jigīṣūṇāṃ parasparam | babhūva tumulaḥ śabdaḥ siṃhānām iva nardatām ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：当诸勇士会集于战场，人人都欲压倒对手之时，便有一阵震天巨响腾起——宛如群狮咆哮。此景显出战士为胜利所驱的凶猛决意，也映照出这场战争中野心与职责相撞所带来的沉重道义。

Word by Word

• समेतानाम्: of those assembled
• समेतानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समेत (सम् + इ + क्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• जिगीषूणाम्: of those desiring to conquer
• जिगीषूणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जिगीषु (desiderative adjective from √जि)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• परस्परम्: mutually, against one another
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर

• बभूव: there arose/there was
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तुमुलः: tumultuous, loud
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुमुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शब्दः: sound, noise
• शब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सिंहानाम्: of lions
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• नर्दताम्: of (those) roaring
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नर्द्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• battlefield (samara)
• lions (simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the psychological and ethical intensity of war: when victory becomes the dominant aim, collective aggression swells into a single overwhelming force. It implicitly invites reflection on how desire for conquest (jigīṣā) amplifies conflict and its consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the assembled fighters on the battlefield. As they close in, determined to defeat one another, their combined shouts and roars rise into a deafening tumult, compared to lions roaring.