Shloka 41

Śiva’s Battlefield Manifestation and Vyāsa’s Śatarudrīya Exposition (शिवप्रादुर्भावः शतरुद्रीयव्याख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

अनिलेन यथाभ्राणि विच्छिन्नानि समन्तत:

Transliteration

anilena yathābhrāṇi vicchinnāni samantataḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Just as clouds are scattered in all directions by the wind,”—evoking the battlefield’s sudden dispersal and disarray, where even the mighty are broken apart by forces beyond their control, and the moral weight of war is felt in the fragility of formations and lives.

Word by Word

• अनिलेन: by the wind
• अनिलेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अभ्राणि: clouds
• अभ्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• विच्छिन्नानि: scattered, broken apart
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-छिद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त), Passive (participial)

• समन्ततः: on all sides, everywhere
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• wind (anila)
• clouds (abhra)