Shloka 25

नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च

Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault

Devanagari script

शरजालावृतं व्योम चक्रतुस्ती महारथौ । मेघाविव तपापाये वीरौ समरदुर्मदौ

Transliteration

śarajālāvṛtaṁ vyoma cakratuḥ stau mahārathau | meghāv iva tapāpāye vīrau samaradurmadau ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：那两位大车战士以箭成网，布满长空，宛如热季将尽时云团聚集。二位英雄沉醉于战怒之中，以不息之势逼迫交锋，毫无收敛。

Word by Word

• शरजालावृतम्: covered by a net of arrows
• शरजालावृतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरजाल-आवृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• व्योम: sky
• व्योम: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• चक्रतुः: they made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Dual

• ते: those two
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• महारथौ: two great chariot-warriors
• महारथौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• मेघौ: two clouds
• मेघौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

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

• तपापाये: at the cessation of heat (end of summer)
• तपापाये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तप-अपाय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वीरौ: two heroes
• वीरौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• समरदुर्मदौ: hard to subdue in battle / battle-fierce
• समरदुर्मदौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समर-दुर्मद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• two mahārathas (unnamed in this verse)
• arrows (śara)
• sky (vyoma)
• clouds (megha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how unchecked martial ardor can become overwhelming—so intense that it metaphorically darkens the sky. Ethically, it invites reflection on the intoxicating momentum of conflict and the need for restraint even among the greatest warriors.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a fierce exchange between two elite chariot-warriors: their volleys of arrows form a ‘net’ that covers the sky, likened to clouds appearing when the heat of summer breaks—signaling the battle’s escalating, engulfing intensity.