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Shloka 10

शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host

with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter

मेघाविव यथोद्वृत्तौ दक्षिणोत्तरवर्षिणौ । शरतोयै: सिषिचतुस्तौ परस्परमाहवे,इसी समय रणदुर्मद नकुलने कर्णपुत्र चित्रसेनपर आक्रमण किया। विचित्र धनुष धारण करनेवाले वे दोनों वीर एक-दूसरेसे भिड़कर दक्षिण तथा उत्तरकी ओरसे आये हुए दो बड़े जलवर्षक मेघोंके समान परस्पर बाणरूपी जलकी बौछार करने लगे इति श्रीमहा भारते शल्यपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे दशमो5ध्याय:

meghāv iva yathodvṛttau dakṣiṇottaravarṣiṇau | śaratoyaiḥ siṣicatūs tau parasparam āhave ||

សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយ៖ ដូចពពកមហិមាដែលលេចឡើងខ្ពស់—មួយបង្អួតភ្លៀងពីទិសត្បូង មួយទៀតពីទិសជើង—វីរបុរសទាំងពីរ បានស្រោចស្រពគ្នានៅក្នុងសមរភូមិ ដោយស្ទ្រីមនៃ “ទឹកព្រួញ” ពោរពេញទៅលើគ្នាទៅវិញទៅមក។

मेघौtwo clouds
मेघौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमेघ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
इवlike/as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
उद्वृत्तौrisen up, swelling
उद्वृत्तौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्वृत्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
दक्षिण-उत्तर-वर्षिणौraining from the south and the north
दक्षिण-उत्तर-वर्षिणौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवर्षिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
शर-तोयैःwith water in the form of arrows
शर-तोयैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतोय
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
सिषिचतुःthey sprinkled/showered
सिषिचतुः:
TypeVerb
Rootसिच्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Dual, Parasmaipada
तौthose two
तौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
परस्परम्mutually, each other
परस्परम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरस्पर
आहवेin battle
आहवे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआहव
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
T
two unnamed warriors (tau)
A
arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

The verse offers a poetic lens on warfare: when two evenly matched fighters clash, their actions become like natural forces—unstoppable and mutually destructive—highlighting the overwhelming, storm-like character of battle rather than personal triumph.

Sanjaya describes two combatants locked in direct combat, each showering the other with volleys of arrows, compared to two great rain-clouds pouring from opposite directions.