Shloka 31
शल्य–युधिष्ठिरयुद्धप्रारम्भः
Commencement of the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel
स संनिपातस्तुमुलो बभूवाद्धुतदर्शन:
sa sannipātas tumulo babhūvādbhuta-darśanaḥ; śūra-vīraḥ sātyakiś ca madrarājaḥ śalyaś ca tayor ubhayor ayaṃ saṅgrāmo mahān bhayaṅkaraś cādbhuta-pratibhāsaḥ. sa ca pūrvakāle śambarāsurasya devarājendrasya ca yuddham iva babhūva.
三阇耶说道：那一番交击轰然如雷，令人惊异。英勇的萨底耶迦与摩陀罗王沙利耶之间的战斗，既可怖又奇绝——宛如上古时阿修罗商婆罗与天帝因陀罗的争战。此喻意在指出：战争固能显露非凡武勇，但战场上的一切“奇观”都与危险和毁灭不可分离。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the paradox of war: it can appear ‘marvelous’ due to valor and skill, yet it remains inherently terrifying and destructive. By likening human combat to a mythic divine-asuric battle, the text frames battlefield glory within a larger moral horizon where power and spectacle do not erase the gravity of violence.
Sanjaya describes a fierce, noisy, awe-inspiring clash between Sātyaki and Śalya (the Madra king). He intensifies the scene by comparing it to the legendary fight between the asura Śambara and Indra, suggesting an extraordinary level of ferocity and grandeur.