Shloka 13
Devanagari script
ततो रथस्य निनद: प्रादुरासीन्महारणे । पर्जन्यसमनिर्घोष: पर्वतस्येव दीर्यत:
Transliteration
tato rathasya ninadaḥ prādurāsīn mahāraṇe | parjanyasamanirghoṣaḥ parvatasyeva dīryataḥ ||
Translation
その大合戦のただ中で、戦車の轟きが突如として湧き起こった――雨雲の雷鳴のように鳴り響き、まるで山が裂けるかのごとく。
Word by Word
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
FormAvyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from there/then')
रथस्यof the chariot
रथस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
निनदःsound; roar
निनदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिनद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रादुरासीत्appeared; arose
प्रादुरासीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootआस् (असँ)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd person, Singular; with preverb प्रादुर् (prādur-)
महारणेin the great battle
महारणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहारण
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
पर्जन्यसमनिर्घोषःhaving a roar like thunder/rain-cloud
पर्जन्यसमनिर्घोषः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपर्जन्य-सम-निर्घोष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पर्वतस्यof a mountain
पर्वतस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
इवlike; as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
FormAvyaya (particle of comparison)
दीर्यतःsplitting; being rent asunder
दीर्यतः:
TypeVerb
Rootदॄ (दीर्यते)
FormPresent, Middle (Ātmanepada), 3rd person, Singular (participle-like finite usage: 'is being split')
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
R
ratha (chariot)M
mahāraṇa (great battle)P
parjanya (rain-cloud/thunder)P
parvata (mountain)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 verse does not state a direct moral injunction; it conveys how war magnifies human action into overwhelming force. By likening the chariot’s roar to thunder and a rending mountain, it underscores the gravity of battlefield choices where kṣatriya duty, fear, and consequence converge.
Sañjaya describes a sudden, immense roar arising from a chariot amid the great battle. The similes—thundercloud and splitting mountain—signal an escalation in combat and the arrival or movement of formidable martial power.