Mahabharata · 7.79.32–33
॥
Devanāgarī
भूरिश्रवास् तु संक्रुद्धः प्रतोदं चिच्छिदे हरेः ॥
अर्जुनं च त्रिसप्तत्या बाणानाम् आजघान ह ॥
ततः शरशतैस् तीक्ष्णैस् तान् अरीञ् श्वेतवाहनः ॥
प्रत्यषेधद् द्रुतं क्रुद्धो महावातो घनान् इव ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bhūriśravās tu saṃkruddhaḥ pratodaṃ cicchide hareḥ ||
arjunaṃ ca trisaptatyā bāṇānām ājaghāna ha ||
tataḥ śaraśatais tīkṣṇais tān arīñ śvetavāhanaḥ ||
pratyaṣedhad drutaṃ kruddho mahāvāto ghanān iva ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
भूरिश्रवाः तु संक्रुद्धःbhūriśravāḥ tu saṃkruddhaḥBhurishravas, however, enraged; but Bhurishravas, infuriated
प्रतोदम् चिच्छिदे हरेःpratodam cicchide hareḥcut off the goad of Hari; severed the driving-staff of Hari
अर्जुनम् च त्रिसप्तत्याarjunam ca trisaptatyāand Arjuna -- with seventy-three; and Arjuna -- with seventy-three
बाणानाम् आजघान हbāṇānām ājaghāna haarrows he struck; arrows he struck
ततः शरशतैः तीक्ष्णैःtataḥ śaraśataiḥ tīkṣṇaiḥthen with hundreds of sharp arrows; then with hundreds of keen arrows
तान् अरीन् श्वेतवाहनःtān arīn śvetavāhanaḥthose enemies the White-Horsed one; those foes Shvetavahana
प्रत्यषेधत् द्रुतम् क्रुद्धःpratyaṣedhat drutam kruddhaḥrepelled swiftly, enraged; beat back at once, infuriated
महावातः घनान् इवmahāvātaḥ ghanān ivalike a great wind -- the clouds; as a storm -- the clouds
Translation
But Bhurishravas, enraged, cut off Hari's goad and struck Arjuna with seventy-three arrows. Then the White-Horsed one, enraged, swiftly repelled those enemies with hundreds of sharp arrows, like a great wind scattering the clouds.
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The enemies again aim at Hari the charioteer -- "pratodam cicchide hareh", cutting off the goad in His hand -- and again this only rouses Arjuna further. The image of the resolution -- "mahavatah ghanan iva", as a storm scatters clouds -- shows what had seemed a thundering mass of eight dispersed by a single hand. It is telling that the force gathered around the wrongful side scatters like clouds before the wind. The verse teaches that the number and fury of enemies are powerless where the Lord Himself stands behind the righteous; a storm of many is scattered before the one whom He protects.