Mahabharata · 7.99.7–8
॥
Devanāgarī
तेषां प्रयततां युद्धे शरवर्षाणि मुञ्चताम् ॥
योधान् पञ्चशतान् मुख्यान् अग्रानीके व्यपोथयत् ॥
ते ऽपतन्त हतास् तूर्णं शिनिप्रवरसायकैः ॥
महामारुतवेगेन रुग्णा इव महाद्रुमाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
teṣāṃ prayatatāṃ yuddhe śaravarṣāṇi muñcatām ||
yodhān pañcaśatān mukhyān agrānīke vyapothayat ||
te 'patanta hatās tūrṇaṃ śinipravarasāyakaiḥ ||
mahāmārutavegena rugṇā iva mahādrumāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तेषाम् प्रयतताम् युद्धेteṣām prayatatām yuddhe[of] them, striving in battle; of them, straining in the fight
शरवर्षाणि मुञ्चताम्śaravarṣāṇi muñcatāmpouring down showers of arrows; letting loose showers of arrows
योधान् पञ्चशतान् मुख्यान्yodhān pañcaśatān mukhyānfive hundred foremost warriors; five hundred chief fighters
अग्रानीके व्यपोथयत्agrānīke vyapothayat[in] the front ranks he crushed; in the vanguard of the army he crushed
ते अपतन्त हताः तूर्णम्te apatanta hatāḥ tūrṇamthey fell, slain, quickly; they fell at once, struck down
शिनिप्रवरसायकैःśinipravarasāyakaiḥby the arrows of the best of the Shini [clan]; by the arrows of the foremost of the Shini lineage
महामारुतवेगेनmahāmārutavegenaby a great gust of wind; by the force of a great storm
रुग्णाः इव महाद्रुमाःrugṇāḥ iva mahādrumāḥlike great trees, broken; like great trees, snapped
Translation
Of those striving in battle, pouring down showers of arrows, [Satyaki] crushed five hundred foremost warriors in the vanguard. They fell at once, slain by the arrows of the foremost of the Shini clan, like great trees snapped by the blast of a mighty wind.
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Five hundred fall "rugṇā iva mahādrumāḥ," like trees felled by a storm: the force of one man, like a hurricane, lays low an entire grove. It is notable that this disproportion again reveals the terror of a single figure. The verse teaches that the driven force of one man, grounded in truth, acts like an elemental force: where others topple like broken trees, the one man, like a storm, passes through unchecked, for behind him stands a might beyond that of ordinary men.