Shloka 43
अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira
Chapter 45
Devanagari script
एष रेणु: समुद्धूतो दिवमावृत्य तिष्ठति
Transliteration
eṣa reṇuḥ samuddhūto divam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati
Translation
三阇耶说：“看哪——尘土被猛烈扬起，升腾而上，如今悬在空中，遮蔽了天穹。”
Word by Word
एषःthis
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रेणुःdust
रेणुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरेणु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
समुद्धूतःraised up, blown up
समुद्धूतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-उद्-धू
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Past Passive Participle (क्त)
दिवम्the sky, heaven
दिवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आवृत्यhaving covered
आवृत्य:
Karma
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ-√वृ (वृञ् आवरणे)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय: ल्यप्), Parasmaipada sense
तिष्ठतिstands, remains
तिष्ठति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
FormPresent (लट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
dust (reṇu)S
sky/heaven (diva)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war generates not only physical destruction but also moral and perceptual obscuration: the dust that covers the sky mirrors the confusion and loss of clarity that accompany violent conflict.
Sañjaya, reporting the battlefield to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, points out that the fighting has churned up such a massive cloud of dust that it rises and lingers, covering the sky and reducing visibility—an immediate sign of the battle’s intensity.