Shloka 27

भीष्मवधोपाय-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into the means to overcome Bhīṣma) | Chapter 103

Devanagari script

प्रययौ समरे तूर्ण तव पुत्रस्य शासनात्‌ । नर्दमानो महानादं प्रावृषीव बलाहक:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

prayayau samare tūrṇaṁ tava putrasya śāsanāt |

nardamāno mahānādaṁ prāvṛṣīva balāhakaḥ ||

Translation

قال سنجيا: بأمرِ ابنك أسرع في الحال إلى المعركة. وكان يزأر بزئيرٍ عظيم مدوٍّ كغمامِ المطر في موسم المونسون، فتقدّم أَلَمْبوشا إلى ساحة الوغى.

Word by Word

• प्रययौ: went forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु √या)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• पुत्रस्य: of (your) son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• शासनात्: from the command; due to the order
• शासनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• नर्दमानः: roaring
• नर्दमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नर्दमान (√नर्द् + शानच्)
• Form: present active participle (शानच्), masculine, nominative, singular

• महानादम्: a great roar
• महानादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानाद
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रावृषि: in the rainy season
• प्रावृषि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रावृष्
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• बलाहकः: a rain-cloud
• बलाहकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलाहक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Alambuṣa
• battlefield (samara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how swiftly martial agents act under a ruler’s command, illustrating the ethical tension between obedience to authority and the larger moral consequences of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Duryodhana issues an order, Alambuṣa immediately enters the battle, roaring loudly like a monsoon rain-cloud as he advances onto the battlefield.