Shloka 326
भीष्म–रामजामदग्न्ययुद्धप्रस्थानवर्णनम्
Bhishma’s Account of Parashurama’s Challenge and the March to Kurukshetra
मातरिश्वा ततस्तस्मिन् मेघरुद्ध इवाभवत् । उस समय बाणोंके समूहसे आच्छादित होनेके कारण सूर्य नहीं तपता था और वायुकी गति इस प्रकार कुण्ठित हो गयी थी, मानो मेघोंसे अवरुद्ध हो गयी हो
mātariśvā tatastasmīn megharuddha ivābhavat |
ततः तस्मिन् समरे मातरिश्वा मेघरुद्ध इवाभवत्। शरवृष्ट्या व्योमाच्छन्ने सति न सूर्यः प्रातपत्, वायोश्च गतिः कुण्ठिता बभूव, यथा मेघैः प्रतिबद्धेव॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses poetic hyperbole to show that violent conflict can overwhelm even the perceived stability of nature; ethically, it hints at war’s power to disrupt order (loka-saṃsthā) and thus invites reflection on restraint and dharma in the face of escalating hostility.
Bhīṣma describes a battle moment where volleys of arrows fill the sky so densely that the wind seems ‘cloud-blocked’; the accompanying sense (as reflected in the received context) is that sunlight and airflow are dulled by the missile-storm.