Shloka 9

Śaineya–Bhūriśravas: Genealogy, Svayaṃvara Contest, and the Maheśvara Boon

Devanagari script

समुत्पतन्ति वल्मीकाद्‌ यथा क्ुद्धा महोरगा: । तथा द्रोणरथाद्‌ राजन्नापतन्ति तनुच्छिद:

Transliteration

samutpatanti valmīkād yathā kruddhā mahoragāḥ | tathā droṇarathād rājann āpatanti tanucchidaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, just as great serpents, enraged, spring up from an anthill, so do the body-piercing missiles rush forth from Droṇa’s chariot—leaping out to strike down warriors. The image conveys not only the ferocity of battle but also the dread that arises when martial power, once unleashed, becomes difficult to restrain.”

Word by Word

समुत्पतन्तिthey leap up / spring forth

वल्मीकात्from an anthill

यथाas / just as

क्रुद्धाःangered

महोरगाःgreat serpents

तथाso / in the same way

द्रोणरथात्from Drona's chariot

राजन्O king

आपतन्तिthey rush down / fall upon

तनुच्छिदःbody-cutters (those who cut bodies; i.e., sharp arrows/weapons)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')

Droṇa

Droṇa’s chariot

valmīka (anthill)

mahoraga (great serpents)

tanucchidaḥ (body-piercing missiles/weapons)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes