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Shloka 38

कर्णपर्व — चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः

Arjuna’s Suppression of the Saṃśaptakas; Kṛṣṇa’s Strategic Admonition; Battlefield Inventory

अन्योन्यं छादयन्तौ सम शरवृष्ट्या महारथौ । शराम्बुधारौ समरे शस्त्रविद्युत्प्रकाशिनौ

anyonyam chādayantau samaśaravṛṣṭyā mahārathau | śarāmbudhārau samare śastravidyutprakāśinau ||

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– ရထားစစ်သူရဲကောင်းကြီးနှစ်ဦးသည် မြားမိုးကို တန်းတူတန်းမျှ ပစ်လွှတ်ကာ တစ်ဦးကိုတစ်ဦး ဖုံးလွှမ်းသကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်စေ၏။ စစ်မြေပြင်၌ သူတို့သည် မြားရေတံခွန်ကို ကိုင်ဆောင်သည့် မိုးတိမ်ကြီးများကဲ့သို့ ထင်ရပြီး၊ လက်နက်၏ လျှပ်စီးအလင်းကြောင့် တောက်ပလျက် မာရ်ရှယ်ပညာဖြင့် အပြိုင်အဆိုင် လွန်မြောက်လိုကြ၏။

अन्योन्यम्mutually, each other
अन्योन्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्योन्य
FormAvyaya (adverbial accusative usage)
छादयन्तौcovering, concealing
छादयन्तौ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootछादय् (छाद्) / छादन
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), nominative masculine dual
समम्equally, evenly
समम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम
FormAvyaya (adverb)
शरवृष्ट्याby a shower of arrows
शरवृष्ट्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशरवृष्टि
FormFeminine, instrumental singular
महारथौthe two great chariot-warriors
महारथौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ
FormMasculine, nominative dual
शराम्बुधारौhaving streams of arrow-water (i.e., torrents of arrows)
शराम्बुधारौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशराम्बुधार
FormMasculine, nominative dual
समरेin battle
समरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमर
FormMasculine, locative singular
शस्त्रविद्युत्प्रकाशिनौshining with weapon-lightning
शस्त्रविद्युत्प्रकाशिनौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशस्त्रविद्युत्प्रकाशिन्
FormMasculine, nominative dual

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
T
two mahārathas (the two opposing great warriors)
A
arrows (śara)
W
weapons (śastra)
C
clouds/rain-torrents (metaphor: śarāmbudhāra)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the intensity and symmetry of martial contest: when power meets power, the battlefield becomes a spectacle of skill and force. Ethically, it underscores how war magnifies human capability into destructive brilliance—inviting reflection on the cost of prowess when directed toward mutual harm.

Sanjaya describes a duel between two elite chariot-warriors. Each releases such a dense and equal rain of arrows that they obscure one another, appearing like storm-clouds bearing torrents, flashing with the lightning-like gleam of their weapons.