Shloka 7

Devanagari script

महामेघाविवोदीर्णों मिश्रवातौ हिमात्यये । सेनाग्रे प्रचकाशेते रुचिरे रथभूषिते,रथोंसे विभूषित हुई वे दोनों प्रधान एवं सुन्दर सेनाएँ हेमनतके अन्त (शिशिर)-में उठे हुए वायुयुक्त दो महामेघोंके समान प्रकाशित हो रही थीं

Transliteration

mahāmeghāv ivodīrṇau miśravātau himātyaye | senāgre pracakāśete rucire rathabhūṣite ||

Translation

قال سنجيا: في مقدّمة الجيش، كان الجيشان البهيّان المزيّنان بالعربات الحربية يلمعان كغمامتين عظيمتين من سحب العاصفة ترتفعان في أواخر الشتاء، تدفعهما رياحٌ مختلطة.

Word by Word

महामेघौtwo great clouds

इवlike/as

उदीर्णौrisen/raised, swelling

मिश्रवातौaccompanied by mixed winds

हिमात्ययेat the end of winter (cold season)

सेनाग्रेin the van/front of the army

प्रचकाशेतेshone forth/appeared brilliantly

रुचिरेin a splendid/beautiful (place/array)

रथभूषितेadorned with chariots

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

two armies (Pāṇḍava and Kaurava hosts)

chariots (ratha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses a natural simile to highlight how war can appear grand and orderly (chariot-adorned, shining), yet it gathers like storm-clouds—suggesting the moral weight and inevitable suffering that follow when conflict swells beyond restraint. It implicitly urges discernment: brilliance and power are not the same as righteousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the two opposing armies, arrayed at the front and filled with chariots, are visibly resplendent and surging—comparable to two huge clouds rising in a seasonal change with turbulent winds—signaling the intensification of the battle scene in Droṇa Parva.