Mahābhārata · 2.21.15–16
॥
Devanāgarī
ततः शब्देन महता भर्त्सयन्तौ परस्परम् ॥
पाषाणसंघातनिभैः प्रहारैर् अभिजघ्नतुः ॥
व्यूढोरस्कौ दीर्घभुजौ नियुद्धकुशलाव् उभौ ॥
बाहुभिः समसज्जेताम् आयसैः परिघैर् इव ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
tataḥ śabdena mahatā bhartsayantau parasparam ||
pāṣāṇasaṃghātanibhaiḥ prahārair abhijaghnatuḥ ||
vyūḍhoraskau dīrghabhujau niyuddhakuśalāv ubhau ||
bāhubhiḥ samasajjetām āyasaiḥ parighair iva ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
ततः शब्देन महताtataḥ śabdena mahatāthen, with a great cry,
भर्त्सयन्तौ परस्परम्bhartsayantau parasparamreviling one another,
पाषाण-संघात-निभैःpāṣāṇa-saṃghāta-nibhaiḥwith blows like a landslide of stones
प्रहारैर् अभिजघ्नतुःprahārair abhijaghnatuḥthey struck each other;
व्यूढ-उरस्कौ दीर्घ-भुजौvyūḍha-uraskau dīrgha-bhujaubroad-chested, long-armed,
नियुद्ध-कुशलाव् उभौniyuddha-kuśalāv ubhauboth skilled in wrestling,
बाहुभिः समसज्जेताम्bāhubhiḥ samasajjetāmthey clashed with their arms,
आयसैः परिघैर् इवāyasaiḥ parighair ivaas if with iron bars.
पाषाणसंघातनिभैःpāṣāṇasaṃghātanibhaiḥoriginal form "pāṣāṇasaṃghātanibhaiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
व्यूढोरस्कौvyūḍhoraskauoriginal form "vyūḍhoraskau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दीर्घभुजौdīrghabhujauoriginal form "dīrghabhujau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नियुद्धकुशलाव्niyuddhakuśalāvoriginal form "niyuddhakuśalāv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
Then, with a great cry, reviling one another, they struck each other with blows like a landslide of stones. Broad-chested, long-armed, both skilled in wrestling, they clashed with their arms, [strong] as iron bars.
Versión
f1226c4fc8d7 · publicado 16 jul 2026, 15:28:50 UTC
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Here appears the limit of earthly might — arms strong 'as iron bars,' and blows like a landslide of stones. It is significant that this indomitable strength is still not enough: the two are equal, and neither fury nor skill gives the advantage. The verse quietly prepares the central point of the narrative — that Jarasandha, whom even the weapons of the gods cannot harm, will be broken not by superior strength, but by Bhima, to whom the Lord will point the way. Strength without guidance from above runs up against its own limit.