Shloka 37
Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana
पर्वतं वारिधाराभिश्छादयन्निव तोयद:
parvataṁ vāridhārābhiś chādayann iva toyadaḥ
सञ्जय उवाच—यथा तोयदो वारिधाराभिर् गिरिं निरन्तरं छादयन्निव दृश्यते, तथा तत्रापि सर्वं दृश्यं शरवृष्ट्या समन्तात् आच्छन्नमिवाभवत्।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.