Shloka 13
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
ततस्तौ रभसोौ युद्धे भ्रातरौ भ्रातरं युधि । शरैर्ववृषतुर्घोरैर्महामेघौ यथाचलम्
tatas tau rabhasau yuddhe bhrātarau bhrātaraṃ yudhi | śarair vavṛṣatur ghorair mahāmeghau yathācalam ||
ਤਦ ਯੁੱਧ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਉਤਾਵਲੇ ਭਰਾ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਭਰਾ ਉੱਤੇ ਭਿਆਨਕ ਤੀਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਵਰਖਾ ਕਰਨ ਲੱਗੇ—ਜਿਵੇਂ ਦੋ ਮਹਾਂਮੇਘ ਕਿਸੇ ਪਹਾੜ ਉੱਤੇ ਮੂਸਲਾਧਾਰ ਮੀਂਹ ਵਰ੍ਹਾਉਂਦੇ ਹਨ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the tragic tension between familial bonds and kṣatriya-dharma: in war, allegiance and duty can compel even brothers to strike one another, illustrating how conflict distorts normal ethical relations.
Sañjaya describes Nakula and Sahadeva forcefully attacking Duryodhana with a fierce shower of arrows, comparing their assault to two massive rain-clouds pouring down on a mountain.