Shloka 6

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच स मेघनिनदो हर्षान्निनदन्निव गोवृष: । आजुहाव तदा पार्थ युद्धाय युधि वीर्यवान्‌,संजयने कहा--महाराज! उस समय रणभूमिमें मेघके समान गम्भीर गर्जना करनेवाले पराक्रमी दुर्योधनने हर्षमें भरकर जोर-जोरसे शब्द करनेवाले साँड़की भाँति सिंहनाद करके कुन्तीपुत्र भीमसेनको युद्धके लिये ललकारा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | sa meghaninadaḥ harṣān ninadann iva govṛṣaḥ | ājuhāva tadā pārthaṃ yuddhāya yudhi vīryavān |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then that mighty warrior, whose roar was deep like thunderclouds, exulting with joy, bellowed like a powerful bull and loudly challenged Pārtha (Bhīmasena) to fight on the battlefield.

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

सःhe

मेघनिनदःhaving thunder-like roar

हर्षात्from/through joy

निनदन्roaring, making a loud sound

इवlike, as if

गोवृषःa bull (lit. cow-bull)

आजुहावchallenged, called out

तदाthen

पार्थम्the son of Pṛthā (Pārtha)

युद्धायfor battle

युधिin battle

वीर्यवान्mighty, valorous

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Duryodhana

Bhīmasena (Kuntīputra)

battlefield (yudhi)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how martial pride and exhilaration can intensify conflict: the warrior’s thunderous self-assertion and public challenge show the kṣatriya drive for direct combat, while also hinting at the ethical tension between valor (vīrya) and the destructive momentum of ego in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Duryodhana on the battlefield roaring like thunder and bellowing like a bull, then calling out Bhīmasena (Kuntī’s son) to fight—setting the tone for a direct, personal confrontation amid the larger war.