Shloka 12

Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)

Devanagari script

कोपोद्धूतशरज्वालो धनु:शब्दानिलो महान्‌

Transliteration

kopoddhūtaśarajvālo dhanuḥśabdānilo mahān

Translation

સંજય બોલ્યા: “ધનુષ્યના ગર્જનાથી બનેલો એક મહાન પવન ઊઠ્યો, અને ક્રોધથી ધકેલાયેલી બાણવૃષ્ટિ જ તેની જ્વાળા હતી.”

Word by Word

कोपanger

उद्धूतshaken up, stirred

शरarrow

ज्वालःflame

धनुःbow

शब्दsound

अनिलःwind

महान्great, mighty

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

bow (dhanuḥ)

arrows (śarāḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (kopa) transforms skill and weaponry into a destructive force: wrath becomes the impulse, arrows become flame, and the bow’s roar becomes a storm-wind—an ethical reminder that inner states can magnify harm in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battle’s intensity through metaphor: the combatant’s anger drives a blazing volley of arrows, and the thunderous sound of the bow is likened to a great wind sweeping the field.