Shloka 25

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६६: तुमुलसंग्रामवर्णनम्

The Tumult of Battle Described

Devanagari script

महता रथघोषेण रथेनादित्यवर्चसा । छादयन्‌ शरवर्षेण पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान्‌,वे सूर्यके समान तेजस्वी तथा पहियोंके गम्भीर घोषसे युक्त विशाल रथपर आरूढ़ हो बरसते हुए मेघके समान बाणोंकी वर्षासे सबको आच्छादित करते हुए वहाँ आये थे

Transliteration

mahatā rathaghoṣeṇa rathenādityavarcāsā | chādayan śaravarṣeṇa parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Mounted on a vast chariot whose wheels thundered loudly, radiant like the sun, he arrived there—covering all around with a shower of arrows, like a rain-laden cloud pouring down its storm.

Word by Word

महताwith great

रथघोषेणwith the chariot-roar (sound of the chariot)

रथेनby/with a chariot

आदित्यवर्चसाwith sun-like radiance

छादयन्covering, concealing

शरवर्षेणwith a shower of arrows

पर्जन्यःa rain-cloud (Parjanya)

इवlike, as if

वृष्टिमान्rain-bearing, raining

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

chariot (ratha)

arrows (śara)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes