Shloka 62

Droṇa–Dhṛṣṭadyumna-yuddha (द्रोण-धृष्टद्युम्न-युद्धम्) — Tactical duel and allied interventions

Devanagari script

चेकितानो<पि संरब्ध: सुशर्माणं महाहवे | प्राच्छादयत्‌ तमिषुभिर्महामेघ इवाचलम्‌

Transliteration

Cekitāno 'pi saṃrabdhaḥ Suśarmāṇaṃ mahāhave | prācchādayat tam iṣubhir mahāmegha ivācalam ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: Também Cekitāna, inflamado de ira, naquela grande batalha cobriu Suśarmā com uma densa chuva de flechas, como uma nuvem poderosa vela uma montanha com seu aguaceiro.

Word by Word

• चेकितानः: Chekitana
• चेकितानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेकितान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• संरब्धः: enraged, impetuous
• संरब्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संरब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुशर्माणम्: Susharman (as object)
• सुशर्माणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुशर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाहवे: in the great battle
• महाहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्राच्छादयत्: covered, concealed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-छाद्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इषुभिः: with arrows
• इषुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• महामेघः: a great cloud
• महामेघः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामेघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अचलम्: a mountain
• अचलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Cekitāna
• Suśarmā
• arrows (iṣu)
• cloud (megha)
• mountain (acala)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma in wartime: courage and decisive action are expected, yet the imagery also suggests that anger, when harnessed to duty, becomes a forceful but purposeful instrument rather than mere cruelty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Cekitāna, stirred to anger, attacks Suśarmā in the thick of battle and overwhelms him with a barrage of arrows, likened to a rain-cloud covering a mountain with heavy rainfall.