महोदधिम् इवापूर्णम् आपगाभिः समन्ततः ॥
अपक्षैः पक्षिसंकाशै रथैर् अश्वैश् च संवृतम् ॥
योधाक्षय्यजलं भीमं वाहनोर्मितरङ्गिणम् ॥
क्षेपण्यसिगदाशक्तिशरप्रासझषाकुलम् ॥
ध्वजभूषणसंबाधं रत्नपट्टेन संचितम् ॥
वाहनैर् अपि धावद्भिर् वायुवेगविकम्पितम् ॥
mahodadhim ivāpūrṇam āpagābhiḥ samantataḥ ||
apakṣaiḥ pakṣisaṃkāśai rathair aśvaiś ca saṃvṛtam ||
yodhākṣayyajalaṃ bhīmaṃ vāhanormitaraṅgiṇam ||
kṣepaṇyasigadāśaktiśaraprāsajhaṣākulam ||
dhvajabhūṣaṇasaṃbādhaṃ ratnapaṭṭena saṃcitam ||
vāhanair api dhāvadbhir vāyuvegavikampitam ||
Like a great ocean, full of rivers from every side, filled with chariots and horses wingless yet resembling birds; dreadful, where warriors are its inexhaustible water, where teams of horses are its surging waves; where slings, swords, maces, spears, arrows, and lances teem like fish; crowded with banners and ornaments, abounding in jeweled bands, and stirred by racing teams of horses as though by a gust of wind...
b6d0acd0e277 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:02:23 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The army appears as a boundless ocean — an image of seemingly immeasurable might. But an ocean, for all its vastness, can be crossed, and this very crossability sets up the denouement. It is telling that the grandest of comparisons already carries its own undoing within it. The verse teaches that the grandeur of earthly power is deceptive: however boundless the army-ocean may seem, for one protected by the Lord it is merely a stretch of water that can and must be crossed.