पलाशैर् अरिमेदैश् च प्लक्षन्यग्रोधपिप्पलैः ॥
महद्भिः समरे तस्मिन्न् अन्योन्यम् अभिजघ्नतुः ॥
विविधैः पर्वताग्रैश् च नानाधातुभिर् आचितैः ॥
तेषां शब्दो महान् आसीद् वज्राणां भिद्यताम् इव ॥
युद्धं तद् अभवद् घोरं भैम्यलायुधयोर् नृप ॥
हरीन्द्रयोर् यथा राजन् वालिसुग्रीवयोः पुरा ॥
तौ युद्ध्वा विविधैर् घोरैर् आयुधैर् विशिखैस् तथा ॥
प्रगृह्य निशितौ खड्गाव् अन्योन्यम् अभिजघ्नतुः ॥
palāśair arimedaiś ca plakṣanyagrodhapippalaiḥ ||
mahadbhiḥ samare tasminn anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ ||
vividhaiḥ parvatāgraiś ca nānādhātubhir ācitaiḥ ||
teṣāṃ śabdo mahān āsīd vajrāṇāṃ bhidyatām iva ||
yuddhaṃ tad abhavad ghoraṃ bhaimyalāyudhayor nṛpa ||
harīndrayor yathā rājan vālisugrīvayoḥ purā ||
tau yuddhvā vividhair ghorair āyudhair viśikhais tathā ||
pragṛhya niśitau khaḍgāv anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ ||
...with ingudas, badaris and flowering kovidaras, palashas, arimedas, plakshas, nyagrodhas, pippalas — huge — in that battle they struck one another. And with various mountain peaks studded with various ores; a great crash rose from them, as though of splitting thunderbolts. That battle was terrible, of Bhaimya [Ghatotkacha] and Alayudha, O king, like that of the lords of the monkeys, O king, Vali and Sugriva of old. Those two, having fought with terrible weapons and arrows...
2ac0603a2382 · 发布于 2026年7月19日 16:58:10 UTC
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The fight of Ghatotkacha and Alayudha is likened to the clash of Vali and Sugriva from the Ramayana: epic joins epic, this battle to that battle of old. This interweaving of legends is telling — a single fabric of the heroic world. The verse teaches that great deeds echo across the ages, and each new one resounds with those before it; and this duel on the night of Kurukshetra takes its place among the legendary clashes, gaining through the comparison its true measure and grandeur.