Shloka 38

Devanagari script

रजोमेघास्तु संजज्ञु: शस्त्रविद्युद्धिरावृता: । धनुषां चापि निर्घोषो दारुण: समपद्यत

Transliteration

rajomeghās tu saṃjajñuḥ śastravidyuddhirāvṛtāḥ | dhanuṣāṃ cāpi nirghoṣo dāruṇaḥ samapadyata ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Clouds of dust rose up, thickly veiling the field amid the clash of weapons; and the dreadful roar of bows, too, came to fill the air—signaling that the battle had fully surged into its fierce course.

Word by Word

रजोमेघाःclouds of dust

तुbut/indeed

संजज्ञुःarose/appeared

शस्त्रविद्युद्धिरावृताःcovered with weapon-flashes

धनुषाम्of bows

चand

अपिalso/even

निर्घोषःroar/sound

दारुणःterrible

समपद्यतcame about/ensued

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

dust clouds

weapons

bows

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes