Shloka 21

अध्याय ४ — दुर्योधनस्य असंधि-निश्चयः

Duryodhana’s Refusal of Reconciliation

Devanagari script

उह्ममानांश्व॒ कृष्णेन वायुनेव बलाहका: । जाम्बूनदविचित्राज्ा वहन्ते चार्जुनं रणे,'जैसे वायुकी प्रेरणासे बादल उड़ते फिरते हैं, वैसे ही भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णद्वारा हाँके जाते हुए घोड़े, जो सुनहरे साजोंसे सजे होनेके कारण अंगोंमें विचित्र शोभा धारण करते हैं, रणभूमिमें अर्जुनकी सवारी ढोते हैं

Transliteration

ūhmamānāṁś ca kṛṣṇena vāyunā iva balāhakāḥ | jāmbūnada-vicitrāś ca vahante cārjunaṁ raṇe ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Just as clouds are driven onward by the wind, so Arjuna’s horses—urged on by Kṛṣṇa—swept across the battlefield. Adorned with gleaming golden trappings, they bore Arjuna into the fight, displaying a striking splendor even amid the violence of war.

Word by Word

उह्यमानान्being driven / being carried along

अश्वान्horses

कृष्णेनby Krishna

वायुनाby the wind

इवlike, as

बलाहकाःclouds

जाम्बूनद-विचित्राङ्गाःhaving limbs/appearance made variegated by Jāmbūnada-gold (gold-adorned, splendid)

वहन्तेcarry, bear

चand

अर्जुनम्Arjuna

रणेin battle

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kṛṣṇa

Arjuna

horses

wind

clouds

golden trappings/ornaments

battlefield (raṇa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes