Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तेषामापततां तत्र शरवर्षाणि मुज्चताम्‌ । अर्जुनो व्यधमत्‌ सैन्यं महावातो घनानिव

Transliteration

teṣām āpatatāṃ tatra śaravarṣāṇi muñcatām | arjuno vyadhamat sainyaṃ mahāvāto ghanān iva ||

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ସେମାନେ ସେଠାରେ ଧାଇ ଆସି ଶରବର୍ଷା ଛାଡ଼ୁଥିବାବେଳେ, ଅର୍ଜୁନ ତାଙ୍କ ସେନାକୁ ଯେପରି ମହାବାତ ମେଘପୁଞ୍ଜକୁ ଛିନ୍ନଭିନ୍ନ କରେ ସେପରି ଚୁର୍ଣ୍ଣ କରିଦେଲେ।

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of those
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आपतताम्: of (those) rushing/attacking
• आपतताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + पत्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• शर-वर्षाणि: showers of arrows
• शर-वर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर + वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• मुञ्चताम्: of (those) releasing/letting loose
• मुञ्चताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यधमत्: shattered/dispersed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धम
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सैन्यम्: the army
• सैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महावातः: a great wind/gale
• महावातः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + वात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• घनान्: clouds
• घनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: घन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• army (sainya)
• arrows (śara)
• wind (mahāvāta)
• clouds (ghana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how disciplined prowess and strategic force can decisively disperse even a fierce assault. Ethically, it reflects the Mahābhārata’s war-context emphasis on kṣatriya-dharma: effectiveness in battle is not merely rage or volume of attack (arrow-showers), but mastery that can neutralize chaos.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a moment where opposing warriors rush at Arjuna while firing volleys of arrows. Arjuna counters so powerfully that he breaks and scatters their forces, compared to a tempest that rends clouds apart.