Shloka 2
शल्य–युधिष्ठिरयुद्धप्रारम्भः
Commencement of the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel
संजय कहते हैं--महाराज! एक ओर दुर्योधन तथा द्रुपदकुमार धृष्टद्युम्न महान् युद्ध कर रहे थे। वह युद्ध बाणों और शक्तियोंके प्रहारसे व्याप्त हो रहा था ।।
sañjaya uvāca—mahārāja! ekato duryodhanaś ca drupadakumāro dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca mahān yuddham akurvatām. tad yuddhaṃ bāṇaśaktiprahārair vyāptaṃ babhūva. tayor āsan mahārāja śaradhārāḥ sahasraśaḥ, ambudānāṃ yathā kāle jaladhārāḥ samantataḥ.
Sañjaya berkata: Wahai Mahārāja, di satu pihak Duryodhana dan di pihak yang lain Dhṛṣṭadyumna, putera Drupada, bertempur dalam perang yang dahsyat. Pertempuran itu dipenuhi hentaman anak panah dan lembing. Wahai Raja segala raja, dari kedua-duanya mengalir ribuan aliran anak panah ke segenap arah—bagaikan tirai hujan yang turun dari awan pada musim hujan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the overwhelming momentum of war and the kṣatriya arena where prowess is displayed through relentless weaponry; ethically, it underscores how conflict rapidly becomes all-consuming, spreading like a season of rain—suggesting the inevitability and scale of consequences once battle is fully joined.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana and Dhṛṣṭadyumna are locked in a fierce duel, with showers of arrows and spear-strikes filling the battlefield; the arrow-flights are compared to rain-streams pouring from monsoon clouds on all sides.