Shloka 22

भीष्मवधोपाय-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into the means to overcome Bhīṣma) | Chapter 103

Devanagari script

त॑ श्रुत्वा निनदं घोरं तव सैन्यस्थ भारत । मारुतोद्धूतवेगस्य सागरस्येव पर्वणि,भरतवंशी नरेश! पूर्णिमाके दिन वायुके थपेड़ोंसे उद्वेलित हुए समुद्रकी गर्जनाके समान आपकी सेनाका वह भयंकर चीत्कार सुनकर उस समय दुर्योधनने राक्षस ऋष्यशंगपुत्र अलम्बुषसे इस प्रकार कहा--“महाबाहो! यह अर्जुनका पुत्र द्वितीय अर्जुनके समान पराक्रमी है

Transliteration

taṁ śrutvā ninadaṁ ghoraṁ tava sainyastha bhārata | mārutoddhūta-vegasya sāgarasyeva parvaṇi ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: Hearing that dreadful roar arising within your army, O Bharata, it sounded like the thunderous surge of the ocean when its waters are driven into violent motion by the wind at the time of the full-moon tide. In that moment, Duryodhana, stirred by the tumult of battle, addressed Alambusha—the rakshasa, son of Ṛśyaśṛṅga—about the prowess of Arjuna’s son, likening him to a second Arjuna.

Word by Word

तत्that

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

निनदम्roar, loud sound

घोरम्terrible, dreadful

तवof you, your

सैन्यस्थstanding in (your) army; stationed with the army

भारतO Bharata

मारुत-उद्धूत-वेगस्यof (one) whose speed is driven up by the wind

सागरस्यof the ocean

इवlike, as

पर्वणिon the (lunar) festival day; at the full/new-moon time

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhritarashtra (implied by address 'Bhārata')

Kaurava army (tava sainya)

Ocean (sāgara)

Wind (māruta)

Duryodhana (from the accompanying prose context)

Alambusha (from the accompanying prose context)

Rishyasringa (from the accompanying prose context)

Arjuna (from the accompanying prose context)

Arjuna’s son (Abhimanyu implied in the accompanying prose context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes