श्लिष्टं तु सर्वतश् चक्रू रथमण्डलम् आशु ते ॥
सूर्यास्तमयम् इच्छन्तस् त्वरमाणा महारथाः ॥
त एनम् अभिनर्दन्तो विधुन्वाना धनूंषि च ॥
सिषिचुर् मार्गणैर् घोरैर् गिरिं मेघा इवाम्बुभिः ॥
ते महास्त्राणि दिव्यानि तत्र राजन् व्यदर्शयन् ॥
धनंजयस्य गात्रेषु शूराः परिघबाहवः ॥
हतभूयिष्ठयोधं तत् कृत्वा तव बलं बली ॥
आससाद दुराधर्षः सैन्धवं सत्यविक्रमः ॥
śliṣṭaṃ tu sarvataś cakrū rathamaṇḍalam āśu te ||
sūryāstamayam icchantas tvaramāṇā mahārathāḥ ||
ta enam abhinardanto vidhunvānā dhanūṃṣi ca ||
siṣicur mārgaṇair ghorair giriṃ meghā ivāmbubhiḥ ||
te mahāstrāṇi divyāni tatra rājan vyadarśayan ||
dhanaṃjayasya gātreṣu śūrāḥ parighabāhavaḥ ||
hatabhūyiṣṭhayodhaṃ tat kṛtvā tava balaṃ balī ||
āsasāda durādharṣaḥ saindhavaṃ satyavikramaḥ ||
The maharathas, hastening and wishing for sunset, quickly closed the circle of chariots on every side. Roaring at him and brandishing their bows, they drenched him with dreadful arrows, as clouds drench a mountain with waters. There, O king, those heroes with arms like iron bars displayed their great divine astras on Dhananjaya's limbs. Having reduced your army to one where most of the warriors were slain, the mighty, unassailable, truly valorous Arjuna reached Saindhava.
309116fa3303 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:25:13 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
A closed ring of chariots, a rain of arrows like clouds upon a mountain — and still Arjuna breaks through to Jayadratha. It is telling that "like clouds upon a mountain" — he stands unmoved beneath the storm, as a mountain stands beneath the rain: firmness withstands any assault. The verse teaches that one unshaken in a righteous cause is like a mountain that the rain only washes but never moves; and however dense the barrier, a resolve fixed on its due end breaks through it sooner or later.