Shloka 6

भीमसेनस्य वेगाभिपातः—विशोकसारथिसंवादश्च

Bhīma’s surge and dialogue with charioteer Viśoka

Devanagari script

तेनच्छन्नं नभो राजन्‌ बाणजालेन भास्वता । अभ्रच्छायेव संजज्ञे बाणरुद्धे नभस्तले,राजन! उन प्रकाशमान बाणसमूहोंसे सारा आकाशमण्डल ढक गया था। बाणोंसे रुँधे हुए आकाशकमें मेघोंकी छाया-सी बन गयी थी

Transliteration

tenācchannaṃ nabho rājan bāṇajālena bhāsvatā | abhracchāyeva saṃjajñe bāṇaruddhe nabhastale ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: O King, the sky was completely veiled by a radiant net of arrows. With the vault of heaven choked by those shafts, it seemed as though a cloud’s shadow had spread across the firmament—an image of war’s excess, where brilliance itself becomes a kind of darkness.

Word by Word

तेनby that

आच्छन्नम्covered, concealed

नभःsky

राजन्O king

बाणजालेनby a net/mass of arrows

भास्वताshining, radiant

अभ्रच्छाययाby/like a cloud-shadow

इवas if, like

संजज्ञेarose, came to be

बाणरुद्धेwhen/where blocked by arrows

नभस्तलेin the expanse of the sky

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (rājan)

bāṇa (arrows)

nabhaḥ (sky/firmament)

abhra (cloud)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes