Shloka 61

Devanagari script

ते घोषिण: पाण्डवमभ्युपेयु: पर्जन्यमुक्ता इव वारिधारा: । ततः स कृष्णं च किरीटिनं च वृकोदरं चाप्रतिमप्रभाव:

Transliteration

te ghoṣiṇaḥ pāṇḍavam abhyupeyuḥ parjanyamuktā iva vāridhārāḥ | tataḥ sa kṛṣṇaṃ ca kirīṭinaṃ ca vṛkodaraṃ cāpratimaprabhāvaḥ ||

Translation

Mereka maju dengan gemuruh dahsyat menuju putra-putra Pāṇḍu, laksana curahan air yang dilepaskan awan hujan. Lalu sang kesatria berdaya tiada banding melangkah menghadapi Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna sang pemakai mahkota, dan Vṛkodara (Bhīma), mendorong pertempuran dengan serbuan tanpa henti.

Word by Word

तेthey (those)

घोषिणःroaring, resounding

पाण्डवम्the Pandava (army/side)

अभ्युपेयुःapproached, advanced towards

पर्जन्य-मुक्ताःreleased by the rain-cloud

इवlike, as if

वारि-धाराःstreams of water, torrents

ततःthen, thereafter

सःhe

कृष्णम्Krishna

चand

किरीटिनम्the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)

चand

वृकोदरम्Vrikodara (Bhima)

चand

अप्रतिम-प्रभावःof incomparable might

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)

Kṛṣṇa

Kirīṭin (Arjuna)

Vṛkodara (Bhīma)

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 the irresistible momentum of collective aggression in war—likened to cloud-released torrents—reminding the reader that martial power, though impressive, unfolds within a larger ethical tragedy where kin fight kin and choices carry moral consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes warriors roaring and rushing toward the Pāṇḍava, and then a warrior of unmatched might advancing to confront Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna (Kirīṭin), and Bhīma (Vṛkodara) on the battlefield.