Shloka 75

Devanagari script

ततः सोउस्त्रेण शैलेन्द्रो विक्षिप्तो वै व्यनश्यत । ततः स तोयदो भूत्वा नील: सेन्द्रायुधो दिवि

Transliteration

tataḥ so’streṇa śailendro vikṣipto vai vyanaśyat | tataḥ sa toyado bhūtvā nīlaḥ sendrāyudho divi ||

Translation

ततः सोऽस्त्रेण शैलेन्द्रो विक्षिप्तो वै व्यनश्यत् । ततः स तोयदो भूत्वा नीलः सेन्द्रायुधो दिवि ॥

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

सःhe

अस्त्रेणby/with a weapon (missile)

शैलेन्द्रःthe lord of mountains (a great mountain)

विक्षिप्तःhaving been hurled/scattered

वैindeed, surely

व्यनश्यतperished, disappeared

ततःthen, thereafter

सःhe

तोयदःa rain-cloud

भूत्वाhaving become

नीलःdark-blue, dark

सेन्द्रायुधःhaving Indra's bow (rainbow), rainbow-bearing

दिविin the sky/heaven

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

śailendra (a great mountain)

astra (weapon/missile)

toyada (rain-cloud)

Indra

Indrāyudha (rainbow)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights impermanence and the overwhelming force unleashed in war: even what seems steadfast (a ‘mountain-king’) can be made to disappear and transform, suggesting that pride in power or stability is fragile amid adharma-driven violence and cosmic-scale conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a great mountain being struck by a weapon and vanishing; it then appears in the sky as a dark rain-cloud with a rainbow, presenting a vivid, portent-like image within the battlefield narration.