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Mahabharata · 7.82.20–21
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Devanāgarī
मद्रेयस् तु ततः क्रुद्धो दुर्मुखं दशभिः शरैः ॥
भ्राता भ्रातरम् आयान्तं विव्याध प्रहसन्न् इव ॥
तं रणे रभसं दृष्ट्वा सहदेवं महाबलम् ॥
दुर्मुखो नवभिर् बाणैस् ताडयाम् आस भारत ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
madreyas tu tataḥ kruddho durmukhaṃ daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
bhrātā bhrātaram āyāntaṃ vivyādha prahasann iva ||
taṃ raṇe rabhasaṃ dṛṣṭvā sahadevaṃ mahābalam ||
durmukho navabhir bāṇais tāḍayām āsa bhārata ||
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SanskritIASTMeaning
मद्रेयः तु ततः क्रुद्धःmadreyaḥ tu tataḥ kruddhaḥthe son of Madri, however, then enraged; but the son of Madri [Sahadeva], furious
दुर्मुखम् दशभिः शरैःdurmukham daśabhiḥ śaraiḥDurmukha with ten arrows; Durmukha with ten arrows
भ्राता भ्रातरम् आयान्तम्bhrātā bhrātaram āyāntambrother -- his advancing brother; brother -- his brother, drawing near
विव्याध प्रहसन् इवvivyādha prahasan ivapierced, as though laughing; struck, as if smiling
तम् रणे रभसम् दृष्ट्वाtam raṇe rabhasam dṛṣṭvāhaving seen him, swift in battle; seeing him, fierce in the fight
सहदेवम् महाबलम्sahadevam mahābalamSahadeva, of great strength; Sahadeva, mighty in power
दुर्मुखः नवभिः बाणैःdurmukhaḥ navabhiḥ bāṇaiḥDurmukha with nine arrows; Durmukha with nine shafts
ताडयाम् आस भारतtāḍayām āsa bhāratastruck, O Bharata; smote, O descendant of Bharata
Translation
The son of Madri, Sahadeva, enraged, pierced Durmukha with ten arrows as though laughing -- brother [piercing his] advancing brother, O Bharata. Seeing him, mighty Sahadeva, swift in battle, Durmukha struck him with nine arrows.
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70586e82b6d6 · published Jul 19, 2026, 4:02:22 PM UTC
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"Bhrātā bhrātaram" -- brother against brother: the Kauravas and Pandavas are one kin, and arrows fly between kinsmen. In this brief line lies the whole grief of the feud: those close by blood have become mortal foes. It is telling that the smile of battle does not conceal the horror of fratricide. The verse teaches that the gravest calamity of war is not death as such, but that it sets brother against brother; strife born of greed and untruth cuts the bonds of blood and turns kin into each other's slayers.