Shloka 91

Devanagari script

अर्जुनके द्वारा संशप्तकोंका संहार मेघस्तनितनिर्हाद: स रथो वानरध्वज:

Transliteration

arjunena saṁsaptakānāṁ saṁhāraḥ meghastanita-nirghoṣaḥ sa ratho vānara-dhvajaḥ

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Arjuna consumó la destrucción de los Saṁsaptakas; su carro, que llevaba el estandarte del mono, rugió como el trueno de una nube—un sonido sobrecogedor que anunciaba una determinación implacable y la sombría inevitabilidad de las consecuencias de la guerra.

Word by Word

• मेघस्तनितनिर्हादः: one whose roar is like thunder of clouds
• मेघस्तनितनिर्हादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ-स्तनित-निर्हाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथः: chariot
• रथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वानरध्वजः: having a monkey-banner (Arjuna)
• वानरध्वजः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वानर-ध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• अर्जुन (Arjuna)
• संशप्तक (Saṁsaptakas)
• वानरध्वज (Hanumān on Arjuna’s banner)
• रथ (chariot)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the moral weight of vowed hostility and its consequences: the Saṁsaptakas, bound by a fierce pledge to engage Arjuna, meet destruction when confronted by steadfast prowess aligned with kṣatriya duty. It also highlights how symbols (the monkey-banner) and sound imagery (thunder-like roar) convey righteous resolve and the terrifying momentum of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna has slaughtered the Saṁsaptaka warriors. Arjuna’s chariot—distinguished by the monkey-banner (Hanumān)—is described as roaring like thunderclouds, emphasizing the intensity of Arjuna’s advance and the battlefield’s overwhelming din.