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

三阇耶说道：他们发出震天的咆哮，向般度之子猛冲而去，犹如雨云倾泻而下的暴雨洪流。随后，那位威力无比的战士又挺身逼近，直取黑天克里希纳、冠冕在首的阿周那，以及弗利科达罗（毗摩），以不息的攻势推动战局前行——在这场兄弟相残、背负沉重法义的战争中，勇力与决心都要经受考验。

Word by Word

तेthey (those)

घोषिणःroaring, resounding

पाण्डवम्the Pandava (army/side)

अभ्युपेयुःapproached, advanced towards

पर्जन्य-मुक्ताःreleased by the rain-cloud

इवlike, as if

वारि-धाराःstreams of water, torrents

ततःthen, thereafter

सःhe

कृष्णम्Krishna

चand

किरीटिनम्the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)

चand

वृकोदरम्Vrikodara (Bhima)

चand

अप्रतिम-प्रभावःof incomparable might

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)

Kṛṣṇa

Kirīṭin (Arjuna)

Vṛkodara (Bhīma)

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

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.