Mahabharata 9.23.11 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 23, Shloka 11
Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host
ते समन्तान्महाराज परिवार्य युधिष्ठिरम् । अदृश्यं सायकैश्षक्रुमेंघा इव दिवाकरम्
te samantān mahārāja parivārya yudhiṣṭhiram | adṛśyaṃ sāyakaiḥ śakra-meghā iva divākaram ||
মহাৰাজ! যেনেকৈ মেঘে সূৰ্যক আৱৰি পেলায়, তেনেকৈ সেই ৰথীসকলে যুধিষ্ঠিৰক চাৰিওফালে ঘেৰাই তীৰৰ ঘন বৰ্ষাৰে তেওঁক দৃষ্টিৰ পৰা অদৃশ্য কৰি দিলে।
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights how external violence and confusion in battle can temporarily obscure even a dharmic leader, yet the comparison to the sun implies enduring inner steadiness: righteousness may be covered from view, not extinguished.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that enemy warriors encircle Yudhiṣṭhira and unleash such a barrage of arrows that he cannot be seen, like the sun hidden by storm clouds.
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