Shloka 91

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

पाण्डवाश्च स्वयं शूराः प्रत्युदीयुर्महारथा: । सृजन्त: शरवर्षाणि वारिधारा इवाम्बुदा:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

pāṇḍavāś ca svayaṃ śūrāḥ pratyudīyur mahārathāḥ |

sṛjantaḥ śaravarṣāṇi vāridhārā ivāmbudāḥ ||

saṃjaya! jis samaya śūravīra mahārathī pāṇḍava pānīkī dhārā barasānevāle bādaloṃ ke samān svayaṃ hī bāṇoṃ kī vṛṣṭi karate hue āge baḍhane lage, us samaya mahān bāṇoṃ meṃ sarvaśreṣṭha divya sarpamukha bāṇ vyartha kaise ho gayā? etad me brūhi |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Para Pāṇḍava—sendiri pun pahlawan dan maharathi—maju menyambut serangan, mencurahkan hujan anak panah bagaikan awan sarat air menurunkan hujan. Wahai Sañjaya, ketika Pāṇḍava yang gagah itu sendiri menerpa ke hadapan sambil menghujani panah, bagaimana mungkin senjata ilahi ‘bermuka ular’ itu—yang terunggul antara anak panah besar—menjadi sia-sia? Katakanlah kepadaku.”

Word by Word

• {'pāṇḍavāḥ': 'the sons of Pāṇḍu

• the Pāṇḍava brothers and their side', 'svayam': 'themselves

• on their own initiative', 'śūrāḥ': 'heroes

• brave men', 'mahārathāḥ': 'great chariot-warriors (elite fighters capable of battling many)', 'pratyudīyuḥ': 'advanced to meet

• went forth in counter-advance', 'sṛjantaḥ': 'releasing

• letting fly', 'śara': 'arrow', 'varṣa': 'rain

• shower (here: a shower of arrows)', 'śaravarṣāṇi': 'showers of arrows', 'vāridhārā': 'streams of water

• rain-currents', 'iva': 'like

• as if', 'ambudāḥ': 'clouds (literally ‘water-bearers’)', 'saṃjaya': 'Sañjaya (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s narrator)', 'divya': 'divine

• supernatural', 'sarpamukha': 'serpent-faced

• snake-headed (a type of missile/arrow)', 'bāṇa': 'arrow

• missile', 'vyartha': 'fruitless

• failing of its intended effect', 'brūhi': 'tell

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Sañjaya
• divine serpent-faced arrow (sarpamukha bāṇa)