Shloka 29

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय २: संजयस्य दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदानम् तथा निमित्तवर्णनम्

Granting Sañjaya Divine Sight and the Description of Omens

Devanagari script

गृहीतशस्त्रा: क्रोशन्ति चर्मिणो वाजिपृष्ठगा: । अरुणोदये प्रदृश्यन्ते शतश: शलभव्रजा:,'घोड़ेकी पीठपर बैठे हुए सवार हाथोंमें ढाल-तलवार लिये चीत्कार कर रहे हैं। अरुणोदयके समय टिड्डियोंके सैकड़ों दल सब ओर फैले दिखायी देते हैं

Transliteration

gṛhītaśastrāḥ krośanti carmiṇo vājipṛṣṭhagāḥ | aruṇodaye pradṛśyante śataśaḥ śalabhavrajāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Armed with their weapons, the shield-bearing riders mounted on horses cry out loudly. At the time of dawn’s reddening, they appear spread everywhere in hundreds—like swarms of locusts—evoking the vast, impersonal surge of war that overwhelms individual restraint and tests dharma amid collective frenzy.

Word by Word

गृहीत-शस्त्राःhaving taken weapons / armed

क्रोशन्तिcry out, shout

चand

चर्मिणःshield-bearers / those with shields

वाजि-पृष्ठ-गाःthose mounted on horses (going on horse-backs)

अरुण-उदयेat dawn / at sunrise

प्रदृश्यन्तेare seen, appear

शतशःby hundreds, in hundreds

शलभ-व्रजाःswarms/troops of locusts

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

horses

mounted riders

shields

weapons

locust swarms

dawn (aruṇodaya)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes