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

Sañjaya nói: Với tiếng gầm vang dội, họ ào tới con trai của Pāṇḍu như những dòng mưa xối xả vừa được mây mưa trút xuống. Rồi chiến sĩ có uy lực vô song ấy tiến thẳng chống lại Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna đội miện, và Vṛkodara (Bhīma), thúc trận chiến dâng cao bằng tinh thần công kích không ngơi—nơi dũng lực và ý chí bị thử thách dưới sức nặng đạo lý của cuộc chiến huynh đệ tương tàn.

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.