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Shloka 3

Bhīṣma–Arjuna Strategic Engagement at Virāṭa’s Frontier (भीष्मार्जुनयुद्धम्)

न सम सूर्यस्तदा भाति न च वाति समीरण: । शरजालावृते व्योम्निच्छाया भूते समन्‍्तत:ः,उनके बाणोंके जालसे आच्छादित होकर आकाश सब ओरसे अन्धकारमय हो रहा था। उस समय न तो सूर्य प्रकाशित हो रहे थे और न वायु ही चल पाती थी

na sama sūryas tadā bhāti na ca vāti samīraṇaḥ | śarajālāvṛte vyomni chāyābhūte samantataḥ ||

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Zu jener Zeit schien die Sonne nicht mehr wie zuvor, und auch der Wind konnte nicht wehen. Vom Netz der Pfeile verhüllt, verdunkelte sich der Himmel ringsum—ein Bild einer Gewalt, die so überwältigend ist, dass sie die Ordnung der Natur selbst zu verdunkeln scheint.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सम्completely, fully
सम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्
सूर्यःthe sun
सूर्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तदाthen, at that time
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
भातिshines
भाति:
TypeVerb
Rootभा
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
nor, not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वातिblows
वाति:
TypeVerb
Rootवा
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
समीरणःwind
समीरणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसमीरण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शरजालावृतेcovered by a net of arrows
शरजालावृते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootशर-जाल-आवृत
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
व्योम्निin the sky
व्योम्नि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootव्योमन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
छायाshadow, darkness
छाया:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootछाया
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
भूतेhaving become, being
भूते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootभूत
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
समन्ततःon all sides
समन्ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्ततः

वैशम्पायन उवाच

S
Sūrya (the Sun)
S
Samīraṇa (the Wind)
Ś
Śarajāla (net of arrows)
V
Vyoman (the sky)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores how unchecked violence can appear to overturn the natural order itself—suggesting an ethical warning that war’s intensity brings not only physical destruction but also a symbolic eclipse of clarity, balance, and harmony.

The narrator describes a fierce exchange of missiles: arrows fill the air so densely that the sky seems covered like a net, creating darkness; the sun’s light is obscured and even the wind is said to be unable to move freely.