Shloka 37

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

पर्वतं वारिधाराभिश्छादयन्निव तोयद:

Transliteration

parvataṁ vāridhārābhiś chādayann iva toyadaḥ

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਬੋਲਿਆ—ਜਿਵੇਂ ਵਰਖਾ-ਧਾਰੀ ਬੱਦਲ ਅਟੁੱਟ ਪਾਣੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਧਾਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਪਹਾੜ ਨੂੰ ਢੱਕਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਦਿੱਸਦਾ ਹੈ, ਤਿਵੇਂ ਉੱਥੇ ਵੀ ਤੀਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਵਰਖਾ ਨੇ ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਚੌਫੇਰੇ ਢੱਕ ਲਿਆ ਜਿਹਾ ਲੱਗਦਾ ਸੀ।

Word by Word

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वारिधाराभिः: with streams of water
• वारिधाराभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारिधारा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• छादयन्: covering
• छादयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तोयदः: cloud (rain-giver)
• तोयदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोयद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rain-cloud (toyadaḥ)
• mountain (parvata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses a nature simile to show how overwhelming conditions can obscure clarity: in war, torrents of action (like rain) can hide what is otherwise steady and evident (like a mountain), warning that perception and judgment are easily clouded amid violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield’s intensity through imagery: the action is so dense and continuous that it looks as though everything is being covered, like a mountain hidden behind heavy rainfall from a cloud.