Shloka 17

Daśame’hani Bhīṣma-yuddham — Śikhaṇḍī-rakṣaṇa, Arjuna-prabhāva, Duryodhana-āśraya-vākyam

Devanagari script

विमुक्तां बहुभियोंधै: शस्त्रवृष्टिं दुरासदाम्‌ । यदेको वारयामास मारुतो5भ्रगणानिव

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | vimuktāṃ bahubhir yodhaiḥ śastravṛṣṭiṃ durāsadām | yad eko vārayāmāsa māruto 'bhragaṇān iva ||

Translation

جنگ میں بہت سوں کی چھوڑی ہوئی اس ناقابلِ تسخیر ہتھیاروں کی بارش کو اس نے اکیلے ہی یوں روک دیا جیسے ہوا بادلوں کے انبار کو پراگندہ کر دیتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• विमुक्ताम्: released, discharged
• विमुक्ताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्त (वि+मुच्, क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• बहुभिः: by many
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• योधैः: by warriors
• योधैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योद्धृ/योध (योद्धा)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शस्त्रवृष्टिम्: shower of weapons
• शस्त्रवृष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्रवृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दुरासदाम्: hard to approach/withstand
• दुरासदाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरासद (दुर्+आसद)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• यत्: which/that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्

• एकः: alone, single
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वारयामास: checked, warded off
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वारयति)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic Perfect), 3rd, Singular

• मारुतः: wind
• मारुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्रगणान्: masses of clouds
• अभ्रगणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्रगण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• wind (māruta)
• cloud-masses (abhragaṇa)
• weapon-shower (śastravṛṣṭi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid collective aggression, disciplined excellence and steadiness can restrain destructive force; the verse praises controlled power—strength guided by purpose rather than rage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that many warriors unleashed a formidable barrage of weapons, but Arjuna alone countered and neutralized it, compared to wind dispersing clouds.