Shloka 64

Devanagari script

नानाविधान्यनीकानि पुत्राणां ते जनाधिप । अर्जुनो व्यधमत्‌ काले दिवीवाभ्राणि मारुत:

Transliteration

nānāvidhāny anīkāni putrāṇāṁ te janādhipa | arjuno vyadhamat kāle divīvābhrāṇi mārutaḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：大王啊，就在那一刻，阿周那击碎了你诸子多种多样的战阵——正如疾风撕裂铺展天际的云层。此喻彰显阿周那武力之压倒：再严整的阵列、再深厚的世袭权势，也会在更高的技艺与决意面前于战场上崩解。

Word by Word

• नाना: various, manifold
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना

• विधानि: kinds, types
• विधानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधा
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• अनीकानि: armies, divisions (of troops)
• अनीकानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पुत्राणाम्: of (your) sons
• पुत्राणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• जनाधिप: O lord of people (king)
• जनाधिप: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यधमत्: blew apart, scattered, destroyed (as by blowing)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्मा
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• काले: at the time, on that occasion
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दिवि: in the sky
• दिवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• अभ्राणि: clouds
• अभ्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'janādhipa' and 'your sons')
• Kauravas (implied by 'your sons')
• wind (mārutaḥ)
• clouds (abhrāṇi)
• sky (divi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the fragility of even vast, well-arranged power when confronted by superior capability and momentum. Ethically, it reflects the Mahābhārata’s war context: martial excellence (kṣatriya-dharma) can decisively overturn inherited advantage, and worldly formations—like clouds—are impermanent before stronger forces.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that Arjuna, in the thick of battle, breaks apart the diverse military formations of the king’s sons. The comparison to wind shredding clouds conveys speed, inevitability, and the dispersal of organized ranks under Arjuna’s assault.