Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ततो<श्मवर्ष सुमहद्‌ व्यसूजत्‌ पाकशासन:

Transliteration

tato 'śmavarṣa sumahad vyasūjat pākaśāsanaḥ

Translation

ثم إن باكاشاسانا (إندرا)، مُعاقِبُ الشيطان باكا، أطلق وابلًا عظيمًا من الحجارة—استعراضًا كاسحًا لقوةٍ إلهيةٍ عقابيةٍ قصد بها إخضاع الخصم وكبحه.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त)

• अश्मवर्षम्: a rain/shower of stones
• अश्मवर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मवर्ष (अश्मन् + वर्ष)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सुमहत्: very great
• सुमहत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत् (महत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• व्यसूजत्: sent forth, discharged
• व्यसूजत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (सृजति)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• पाकशासनः: Indra (Punisher of Pāka)
• पाकशासनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाकशासन (इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pākaśāsana (Indra)
• aśmavarṣa (shower of stones)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the idea that overwhelming power—especially divine or royal power—can be deployed as chastisement to restrain wrongdoing or opposition; it implicitly raises the ethical theme that force is used as a corrective instrument, not merely as spectacle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Indra (Pākaśāsana) releases a massive 'rain of stones,' indicating an intense, supernatural assault or deterrent action within the ongoing conflict or confrontation in the episode.