Mahabharata · 6.1.33-34
॥
Devanāgarī
एवं ते समयं कृत्वा कुरुपाण्डवसोमकाः ॥
विस्मयं परमं जग्मुः प्रेक्षमाणाः परस्परम् ॥
निविश्य च महात्मानस् ततस् ते पुरुषर्षभाः ॥
हृष्टरूपाः सुमनसो बभूवुः सहसैनिकाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
evaṃ te samayaṃ kṛtvā kurupāṇḍavasomakāḥ ||
vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmuḥ prekṣamāṇāḥ parasparam ||
niviśya ca mahātmānas tatas te puruṣarṣabhāḥ ||
hṛṣṭarūpāḥ sumanaso babhūvuḥ sahasainikāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
एवंevaṃthus; in this way
तेtethey; those
समयंsamayaṃagreement; compact
कृत्वाkṛtvāhaving made; having established
कुरुपाण्डवसोमकाःkurupāṇḍavasomakāḥthe Kurus, Pandavas and Somakas; warriors of the Kuru, Pandu and Somaka lines
विस्मयंvismayaṃastonishment; wonder
परमंparamaṃsupreme; great
जग्मुःjagmuḥfell into; arrived at
प्रेक्षमाणाःprekṣamāṇāḥgazing; looking upon
परस्परम्parasparamat one another; mutually
निविश्यniviśyahaving encamped; having taken up quarters
चcaand; also
महात्मानस्mahātmānasgreat-souled; great of spirit
ततस्tatasthen; after this
तेtethey; those
पुरुषर्षभाःpuruṣarṣabhāḥthe foremost of men; bulls among men
हृष्टरूपाःhṛṣṭarūpāḥof joyful appearance; showing gladness
सुमनसोsumanasogood of mind; joyful at heart
बभूवुःbabhūvuḥbecame; were
सहसैनिकाःsahasainikāḥtogether with their soldiers; along with their armies
Translation
Thus, having made their agreement, the Kurus, Pandavas, and Somakas fell into great astonishment, gazing at one another. Then these great-souled foremost of men, having encamped, became joyful of face and glad of heart, together with their soldiers.
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The setting forth of the rules of war restores, for a moment, human dignity to both sides. They already stand on the brink of destruction, yet they are still able to look at one another not as prey but as fellow bearers of duty. This brief joy is tragic: dharma has been named, but it will soon be tested by the war itself.