Bhishma Parva Adhyaya 122 Shloka 31 - Mahabharata | Lao | Vedapath

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Shloka 31

Devanagari script

मेघवृन्दपरिभ्रष्टा विच्छिन्नेव शतह्नदा । क्रोधमें भरे हुए अर्जुनद्वारा काटी हुई वह शक्ति मेघोंके समूहसे निर्मुक्त होकर गिरी हुई बिजलीके समान पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ी ।।

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | meghavṛnda-paribhraṣṭā vicchinneva śatahrādā | krodhena bhareṇa arjunena chinnā sā śaktir megha-samūhāt nirmuktā bhūmau vidyut-iva nipapāta || chinnāṃ tāṃ śaktim ālokya bhīṣmaḥ krodha-samanvitaḥ | atāḍayan raṇe bhīṣmaṃ sahitāḥ sarve sṛñjayāḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ດັ່ງຟ້າຜ່າທີ່ຖືກດຶງອອກຈາກກຸ່ມເມກ, ຫອກນັ້ນ—ທີ່ອາຣຊຸນຕັດຂາດໃນຄວາມໂກດ—ຕົກລົງສູ່ພື້ນດິນ. ເມື່ອເຫັນຫອກນັ້ນຖືກຕັດຂາດ, ພີສະມະເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍຄວາມໂກດ; ແລະໃນສະໜາມຮົບ ນັກຮົບສຣິນຊະຍະທັງຫມົດຮ່ວມໃຈກັນ ບີບລ້ອມທ່ານຈາກທຸກທິດ ດ້ວຍພາຍຸອາວຸດ—ຄ້ອນ, ກະບອງ, ຂວານ, ຫອກ, ສະລິງ, ແລະລູກສອນຫຼາຍຊະນິດ—ເພື່ອເຮັດໃຫ້ບາດເຈັບ ແລະຂັດຂວາງປູ່ໃຫຍ່ທ່າມກາງໄຟສົງຄາມ.

Word by Word

छिन्नाम्cut, severed

ताम्that (her/it)

शक्तिम्spear, javelin (weapon)

आलोक्यhaving seen

भीष्मःBhishma

क्रोध-समन्वितःfilled with anger

अताडयन्struck, beat

रणेin battle

भीष्मम्Bhishma (as object)

सहिताḥunited, together

सर्वेall

सृञ्जयाःthe Sṛñjayas

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

Bhīṣma

Sṛñjayas

śakti (spear/javelin weapon)

lightning (vidyut/śatahradā)

earth (pṛthivī/bhūmi)

weapons: śataghnī, parigha, paraśu, mudgara, musala, prāsa, gophana, bāṇa, tomara, nārāca, vatsadanta, bhuśuṇḍī

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

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights how anger (krodha) intensifies violence and escalates conflict: a single act in wrath (Arjuna severing the spear) triggers further wrath (Bhīṣma’s anger) and a collective onslaught. It implicitly contrasts martial duty with the ethical danger of being driven by uncontrolled emotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a spear-weapon cut by Arjuna falling like lightning from clouds. Bhīṣma, enraged at this turn, is then attacked from all sides by the Sṛñjaya warriors using many kinds of missiles and hand-weapons on the battlefield.