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
サञ्जयは言った。「風が雲を四方へ散らすように…」――戦場の陣が忽ち散り乱れ、強者でさえ制し得ぬ力に引き裂かれるさまを示す。隊列と命の脆さのうちに、戦の道義的な重みが感じられるのである。
Word by Word
अनिलेनby the wind
अनिलेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअनिल
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
यथाas, just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
अभ्राणिclouds
अभ्राणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअभ्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
विच्छिन्नानिscattered, broken apart
विच्छिन्नानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-छिद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त), Passive (participial)
समन्ततःon all sides, everywhere
समन्ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्ततः
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaW
wind (anila)C
clouds (abhra)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The simile highlights impermanence and vulnerability: in war, power and order can be dispersed as easily as clouds by wind, reminding the listener of the instability of worldly arrangements and the ethical gravity of violence.
Sañjaya describes a scene of dispersal and fragmentation—likely of troops, formations, or combatants—using the image of clouds driven apart by wind to convey sudden, widespread scattering.