Shloka 61

Devanagari script

ते घोषिण: पाण्डवमभ्युपेयु: पर्जन्यमुक्ता इव वारिधारा: । ततः स कृष्णं च किरीटिनं च वृकोदरं चाप्रतिमप्रभाव:

Transliteration

te ghoṣiṇaḥ pāṇḍavam abhyupeyuḥ parjanyamuktā iva vāridhārāḥ | tataḥ sa kṛṣṇaṃ ca kirīṭinaṃ ca vṛkodaraṃ cāpratimaprabhāvaḥ ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: С оглушительным ревом они ринулись на сына Панду, словно потоки дождя, вырвавшиеся из грозовой тучи. Затем тот воин несравненной мощи двинулся против Кришны, против Арджуны в диадеме и против Врикодары (Бхимы), подталкивая битву вперёд неослабевающим натиском — там, где доблесть и решимость испытываются под нравственной тяжестью братоубийственной войны.

Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• घोषिणः: roaring, resounding
• घोषिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (army/side)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्युपेयुः: approached, advanced towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ (उपेयुः < उप + इ; अभि-उप-इ)
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पर्जन्य-मुक्ताः: released by the rain-cloud
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्जन्य + मुक्त (मुच्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

• वारि-धाराः: streams of water, torrents
• वारि-धाराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि + धारा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णम्: Krishna
• कृष्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• किरीटिनम्: the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)
• किरीटिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीटिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वृकोदरम्: Vrikodara (Bhima)
• वृकोदरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकोदर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अप्रतिम-प्रभावः: of incomparable might
• अप्रतिम-प्रभावः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रतिम + प्रभाव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Kirīṭin (Arjuna)
• Vṛkodara (Bhīma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the irresistible momentum of collective aggression in war—likened to cloud-released torrents—reminding the reader that martial power, though impressive, unfolds within a larger ethical tragedy where kin fight kin and choices carry moral consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes warriors roaring and rushing toward the Pāṇḍava, and then a warrior of unmatched might advancing to confront Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna (Kirīṭin), and Bhīma (Vṛkodara) on the battlefield.