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Mahabharata · 7.100.38–39
॥
Санджая
Devanāgarī
तान् द्रोणः प्रतिजग्राह परीप्सन् युधि पाण्डवम् ॥
चण्डवातोद्धुतान् मेघान् सजलान् अचलो यथा ॥
तत्र राजन् महान् आसीत् संग्रामो भूरिवर्धनः ॥
रुद्रस्याक्रीडसंकाशः संहारः सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tān droṇaḥ pratijagrāha parīpsan yudhi pāṇḍavam ||
caṇḍavātoddhutān meghān sajalān acalo yathā ||
tatra rājan mahān āsīt saṃgrāmo bhūrivardhanaḥ ||
rudrasyākrīḍasaṃkāśaḥ saṃhāraḥ sarvadehinām ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तान् द्रोणः प्रतिजग्राहtān droṇaḥ pratijagrāhaDrona received them; Drona met them
परीप्सन् युधि पाण्डवम्parīpsan yudhi pāṇḍavamdesiring to seize the Pandava in battle; striving to capture the son of Pandu in combat
चण्डवातोद्धुतान् मेघान्caṇḍavātoddhutān meghān[like] clouds tossed up by a fierce wind; like clouds tossed up by a fierce wind
सजलान् अचलः यथाsajalān acalaḥ yathāladen with moisture, [like] a mountain; laden with moisture, like a mountain
तत्र राजन् महान् आसीत्tatra rājan mahān āsītthere, O king, great was; there, O king, [there arose] a great
संग्रामः भूरिवर्धनःsaṃgrāmaḥ bhūrivardhanaḥbattle, ever growing; battle, ever expanding
रुद्रस्य आक्रीडसंकाशःrudrasya ākrīḍasaṃkāśaḥlike Rudra's play; resembling the play of Rudra
संहारः सर्वदेहिनाम्saṃhāraḥ sarvadehināmdestruction of all embodied beings; destruction of all embodied [beings]
Translation
"Drona received them, seeking to seize Yudhishthira in battle, as a mountain receives clouds tossed up by a fierce wind, laden with moisture. There, O king, was a great and ever-growing battle, resembling Rudra's play — the destruction of all embodied beings."
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b053b74433af · published Jul 19, 2026, 4:08:02 PM UTC
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Drona meets the onslaught "acalo yathā", like a mountain meeting storm clouds: steadfastness stands against the tempest, and still he is "parīpsan yudhi pāṇḍavam", intent on capturing Yudhishthira. The battle is likened to "rudrasya ākrīḍa", the play of Rudra — universal destruction. It is telling that the strife reaches cosmic proportions. The verse teaches that discord, once kindled, turns into a likeness of universal dissolution: what began as human enmity swells into "the destruction of all embodied beings" — a fearsome image of where unresolved conflict leads.