Shloka 3

Devanagari script

त॑ बलौघमपर्यन्तं देवैरपि सुदुःसहम्‌ । आपतत्तं सुदुष्पारं समुद्रमिव पर्वणि

Transliteration

taṁ balaugham aparyantaṁ devair api suduḥsaham | āpatattaṁ suduṣpāraṁ samudram iva parvaṇi ||

Translation

ସେହି ଅପରିମିତ ବଳସମୂହ—ଦେବମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଦୁଃସହ—ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣିମାରେ ଫୁଲିଉଠୁଥିବା ସମୁଦ୍ର ପରି ଦୁଷ୍ପାର ହୋଇ ଉମଡ଼ି ଆସିଲା।

Word by Word

तत्that

बलौघम्mass/host of forces

अपर्यन्तम्endless, without limit

देवैःby the gods

अपिeven, also

सुदुःसहम्very hard to endure/withstand

आपतत्तम्rushing/falling upon, attacking

सुदुष्पारम्very hard to cross

समुद्रम्ocean, sea

इवlike, as

पर्वणिat the time of the full-moon (parvan); on a parvan day

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

devas (gods)

samudra (ocean)

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 verse highlights how war can gather into an apparently unstoppable surge; ethically, it points to the need for steadiness and discernment when confronted by overwhelming power, so that action is guided by dharma rather than panic.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that an immense, seemingly limitless host is advancing—so formidable that even divine beings would find it hard to resist—likening its onrush to the ocean swelling at the full moon.