Shloka 37

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

पर्वतं वारिधाराभिश्छादयन्निव तोयद:

Transliteration

parvataṁ vāridhārābhiś chādayann iva toyadaḥ

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ເຫມືອນເມກຝົນທີ່ຄືຈະປົກຄຸມພູເຂົາດ້ວຍຜືນນ້ຳຝົນທີ່ຕົກບໍ່ຂາດ, ພາບນັ້ນກໍເຫັນຄືຖືກປົກຄຸມໄປ—ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ໃນຄວາມຄຸກຄາມຂອງສົງຄາມ ແມ່ນແຕ່ສິ່ງທີ່ໝັ້ນຄົງ ແລະເຫັນຊັດ ກໍອາດຖືກພະລັງອັນລົ້ນເຫຼືອບັງເບື້ອງໄດ້.

Word by Word

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वारिधाराभिः: with streams of water
• वारिधाराभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारिधारा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• छादयन्: covering
• छादयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• तोयदः: cloud (rain-giver)
• तोयदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोयद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rain-cloud (toyadaḥ)
• mountain (parvata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses a nature simile to show how overwhelming conditions can obscure clarity: in war, torrents of action (like rain) can hide what is otherwise steady and evident (like a mountain), warning that perception and judgment are easily clouded amid violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield’s intensity through imagery: the action is so dense and continuous that it looks as though everything is being covered, like a mountain hidden behind heavy rainfall from a cloud.