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Mahabharata · 7.74.26–27
॥
Санджая
Devanāgarī
विन्दं तु निहतं दृष्ट्वा अनुविन्दः प्रतापवान् ॥
हताश्वं रथम् उत्सृज्य गदां गृह्य महाबलः ॥
अभ्यद्रवत संग्रामे भ्रातुर् वधम् अनुस्मरन् ॥
गदया गदिनां श्रेष्ठो नृत्यन्न् इव महारथः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
vindaṃ tu nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā anuvindaḥ pratāpavān ||
hatāśvaṃ ratham utsṛjya gadāṃ gṛhya mahābalaḥ ||
abhyadravata saṃgrāme bhrātur vadham anusmaran ||
gadayā gadināṃ śreṣṭho nṛtyann iva mahārathaḥ ||
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SanskritIASTMeaning
विन्दम् तु निहतम् दृष्ट्वाvindam tu nihatam dṛṣṭvāhaving seen Vinda slain; having beheld Vinda slain
अनुविन्दः प्रतापवान्anuvindaḥ pratāpavānAnuvinda, the valiant; Anuvinda, the valiant
हताश्वम् रथम् उत्सृज्यhatāśvam ratham utsṛjyahaving abandoned the horseless chariot; having abandoned the chariot with fallen horses
गदाम् गृह्य महाबलःgadām gṛhya mahābalaḥhaving taken up the mace, the mighty one; having taken up the mace, the powerful one
अभ्यद्रवत संग्रामेabhyadravata saṃgrāmerushed forth in the battle; rushed forth in the fight
भ्रातुः वधम् अनुस्मरन्bhrātuḥ vadham anusmaranremembering the killing of his brother; remembering the death of his brother
गदया गदिनाम् श्रेष्ठःgadayā gadinām śreṣṭhaḥwith the mace, the foremost of mace-bearers; with the mace, the first among mace-bearers
नृत्यन् इव महारथःnṛtyan iva mahārathaḥas if dancing, the great warrior; as if dancing, the mahāratha
Translation
Seeing Vinda slain, Anuvinda, the valiant one, abandoned his chariot with its dead horses, seized his mace, and, mighty, rushed into the battle, remembering the killing of his brother — the mace-warrior, the foremost among mace-bearers, the great chariot-warrior, as if dancing.
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6b67b9e98116 · published Jul 19, 2026, 3:52:56 PM UTC
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Anuvinda, 'bhrātuḥ vadham anusmaran,' remembering the death of his brother, throws himself into battle with his mace. Love for a brother turns into sacrificial fury — and death. It is significant that the avenger himself follows his brother in dying. The verse teaches that brotherly love is noble, yet within the circle of vengeance it leads to shared ruin: Anuvinda cannot outlive his brother and rushes toward his own death; and attachment, not illumined by wisdom, draws the one who loves after the one he loves, multiplying rather than ending sorrow.