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Shloka 2

शल्य–युधिष्ठिरयुद्धप्रारम्भः

Commencement of the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel

संजय कहते हैं--महाराज! एक ओर दुर्योधन तथा द्रुपदकुमार धृष्टद्युम्न महान्‌ युद्ध कर रहे थे। वह युद्ध बाणों और शक्तियोंके प्रहारसे व्याप्त हो रहा था ।। तयोरासन्‌ महाराज शरधारा: सहस्रश: । अम्बुदानां यथा काले जलधारा: समन्ततः,राजाधिराज! जैसे वर्षाकालमें सब ओर मेघोंकी जलधाराएँ बरसती हैं, उसी प्रकार उन दोनोंकी ओरसे बाणोंकी सहस्रों धाराएँ गिर रही थीं

sañjaya uvāca—mahārāja! ekato duryodhanaś ca drupadakumāro dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca mahān yuddham akurvatām. tad yuddhaṃ bāṇaśaktiprahārair vyāptaṃ babhūva. tayor āsan mahārāja śaradhārāḥ sahasraśaḥ, ambudānāṃ yathā kāle jaladhārāḥ samantataḥ.

Sañjaya sprach: O Mahārāja, auf der einen Seite kämpfte Duryodhana und auf der anderen Dhṛṣṭadyumna, der Sohn Drupadas, in einer gewaltigen Schlacht. Dieser Kampf war erfüllt von den Schlägen der Pfeile und Speere. O König der Könige, von beiden ergossen sich ringsum tausendfache Ströme von Pfeilen—wie die Regenvorhänge, die in der Regenzeit aus den Wolken fallen.

तयोःof those two
तयोः:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual
आसन्were
आसन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormImperfect, 3rd, Plural
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
शरधाराःstreams/showers of arrows
शरधाराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशरधारा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
सहस्रशःby the thousand; in thousands
सहस्रशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहस्रशस्
अम्बुदानाम्of clouds
अम्बुदानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअम्बुद
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
यथाas; just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
कालेin the season/time
काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
जलधाराःstreams of water
जलधाराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजलधारा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
समन्ततःon all sides; all around
समन्ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्ततः

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address 'Mahārāja')
D
Duryodhana
D
Dhṛṣṭadyumna
D
Drupada
B
bāṇa (arrows)
Ś
śakti (spears/javelins)
A
ambuda (clouds)
V
varṣākāla (rainy season, implied by 'kāle')

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the overwhelming momentum of war and the kṣatriya arena where prowess is displayed through relentless weaponry; ethically, it underscores how conflict rapidly becomes all-consuming, spreading like a season of rain—suggesting the inevitability and scale of consequences once battle is fully joined.

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana and Dhṛṣṭadyumna are locked in a fierce duel, with showers of arrows and spear-strikes filling the battlefield; the arrow-flights are compared to rain-streams pouring from monsoon clouds on all sides.