Shloka 27
भीष्मवधोपाय-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into the means to overcome Bhīṣma) | Chapter 103
Devanagari script
प्रययौ समरे तूर्ण तव पुत्रस्य शासनात् । नर्दमानो महानादं प्रावृषीव बलाहक:
Transliteration
sañjaya uvāca |
prayayau samare tūrṇaṁ tava putrasya śāsanāt |
nardamāno mahānādaṁ prāvṛṣīva balāhakaḥ ||
Translation
आपके पुत्र की आज्ञा से वह तुरंत समर में जा पहुँचा; वर्षाकाल के मेघ की भाँति महानाद से गर्जना करता हुआ आगे बढ़ा।
Word by Word
प्रययौwent forth
प्रययौ:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-या (धातु √या)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular, परस्मैपद
समरेin battle
समरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमर
Formmasculine, locative, singular
तूर्णम्quickly
तूर्णम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतूर्ण
तवof you/your
तव:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formgenitive, singular
पुत्रस्यof (your) son
पुत्रस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
शासनात्from the command; due to the order
शासनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootशासन
Formneuter, ablative, singular
नर्दमानःroaring
नर्दमानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनर्दमान (√नर्द् + शानच्)
Formpresent active participle (शानच्), masculine, nominative, singular
महानादम्a great roar
महानादम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमहानाद
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
प्रावृषिin the rainy season
प्रावृषि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रावृष्
Formfeminine, locative, singular
इवlike/as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
बलाहकःa rain-cloud
बलाहकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबलाहक
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
DuryodhanaA
AlambuṣaB
battlefield (samara)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
The verse highlights how swiftly martial agents act under a ruler’s command, illustrating the ethical tension between obedience to authority and the larger moral consequences of war.
After Duryodhana issues an order, Alambuṣa immediately enters the battle, roaring loudly like a monsoon rain-cloud as he advances onto the battlefield.