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Mahabharata · 7.64.56–57
॥
Санджая
Devanāgarī
तत् तथा तव पुत्रस्य सैन्यं युधि परंतप ॥
प्रभग्नं द्रुतम् आविग्नम् अतीव शरपीडितम् ॥
मारुतेनेव महता मेघानीकं विधूयता ॥
प्रकाल्यमानं तत् सैन्यं नाशकत् प्रतिवीक्षितुम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tat tathā tava putrasya sainyaṃ yudhi paraṃtapa ||
prabhagnaṃ drutam āvignam atīva śarapīḍitam ||
māruteneva mahatā meghānīkaṃ vidhūyatā ||
prakālyamānaṃ tat sainyaṃ nāśakat prativīkṣitum ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तत् तथा तव पुत्रस्यtat tathā tava putrasyathus that of your son's; thus that of your son's
सैन्यम् युधि परंतपsainyam yudhi paraṃtapaarmy in battle, O scourge of foes; host in battle, O scourge of foes
प्रभग्नम् द्रुतम् आविग्नम्prabhagnam drutam āvignambroken, hastily, in confusion; broken, in haste, in confusion
अतीव शरपीडितम्atīva śarapīḍitamexceedingly tormented by arrows; exceedingly tormented by arrows
मारुतेन इव महताmārutena iva mahatāas if by a great wind; as by a great wind
मेघानीकम् विधूयताmeghānīkam vidhūyatāa cloud, [by it] scattered; a scattered cloud
प्रकाल्यमानम् तत् सैन्यम्prakālyamānam tat sainyamthat army, driven; that host, driven
न अशकत् प्रतिवीक्षितुम्na aśakat prativīkṣitumcould not [even] look [at him]; could not look [at him]
Translation
So, O scourge of foes, that army of your son in battle was broken, put to hasty flight, in confusion, exceedingly tormented by arrows. Like a cloud scattered by a great wind, that army, driven before him, could not even look at him.
Version
794744c106b3 · published Jul 19, 2026, 3:45:02 PM UTC
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The image "meghānīkam vidhūyatā mārutena", "a cloud scattered by the wind", paints the army's disintegration: a formidable mass dispersed like cloud before a gale. "Na aśakat prativīkṣitum", "could not even look at him", marks the utter breaking of their spirit. It is telling that the force which so recently fancied itself a shore against the ocean is scattered like vapor. The verse teaches the fragility of strength without truth: the army of iniquity, however vast, disperses before the righteous like cloud before wind; and what boasted of invincibility cannot withstand even a glance at the one who fulfills God's will.