Shloka 19
Droṇa’s Renewed Advance toward Yudhiṣṭhira; Fall of Satyajit and Allied Recoil (द्रोणस्य युधिष्ठिरप्रेप्सा—सत्यजितः पतनम्)
अतिदवृष्टो महामेघैर्यथा स्यात् पर्वतों महान् | राजाका काली कज्जलराशिके समान मदान्ध गजराज अपने मस्तककी मदवर्षके कारण महान् मेघोंकी अतिवृष्टिसे आर्द्र हुए विशाल पर्वतके समान शोभा पा रहा था ।। १८ || नानानूपतिभिवरवरिरविविधायुध भूषणै:
atidavṛṣṭo mahāmeghair yathā syāt parvato mahān | rājā sa kālī-kajjala-rāśike-samāno madāndha-gajarājaḥ sva-mastaka-mada-varṣa-kāraṇāt mahāmegha-ativṛṣṭyā ārdrī-bhūta-viśāla-parvata iva śobhāṃ prāpa ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—যেনেকৈ মহামেঘৰ অতিবৃষ্টিত সিক্ত এক বিশাল পৰ্বত শোভা পায়, তেনেকৈ সেই গজৰাজো নিজৰ মস্তকৰ পৰা স্ৰৱিত মদধাৰাৰ বৰ্ষণে দীপ্তিমান দেখা দিছিল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses a vivid simile to show how power and momentum in war can appear magnificent yet be driven by 'mada'—a blinding intoxication. Ethically, it hints that splendour and force are not the same as self-mastery; unchecked pride can propel one forward with impressive appearance but diminished discernment.
Sañjaya describes a king on the battlefield in striking imagery: dark and formidable like a mountain under monsoon clouds, and like a rut-maddened elephant whose ichor seems like rain. The focus is on the warrior-king’s terrifying, majestic presence as the battle intensifies.