Shloka 41
Śiva’s Battlefield Manifestation and Vyāsa’s Śatarudrīya Exposition (शिवप्रादुर्भावः शतरुद्रीयव्याख्यानम्)
अनिलेन यथाभ्राणि विच्छिन्नानि समन्तत:
anilena yathābhrāṇi vicchinnāni samantataḥ
Sañjaya dit : «Comme le vent disperse les nuages en tous sens…»—évoquant la dispersion soudaine et le désordre du champ de bataille, où même les puissants sont brisés par des forces qui les dépassent, et où le poids moral de la guerre se fait sentir dans la fragilité des rangs et des vies.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The simile highlights impermanence and vulnerability: in war, power and order can be dispersed as easily as clouds by wind, reminding the listener of the instability of worldly arrangements and the ethical gravity of violence.
Sañjaya describes a scene of dispersal and fragmentation—likely of troops, formations, or combatants—using the image of clouds driven apart by wind to convey sudden, widespread scattering.