Shloka 17
Devanagari script
उद्धूता रजसो वृष्टि: शरवृष्टिस्तथैव च
Transliteration
uddhūtā rajaso vṛṣṭiḥ śaravṛṣṭis tathaiva ca
Translation
قال سنجيا: ثارت عاصفةٌ من الغبار، وكذلك انهمر وابلٌ من السهام—كثيفًا حتى حجب ساحة القتال، دلالةً على أن حميّة المحاربين قد حوّلت اللقاء إلى اندفاعٍ أعمى لا يميّز.
Word by Word
उद्धूताraised up, stirred up
उद्धूता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-धू (धातु) → उद्धूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
रजसःof dust
रजसः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
वृष्टिःa shower, rain
वृष्टिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
शरवृष्टिःa shower of arrows
शरवृष्टिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशर + वृष्टि
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
तथाthus, likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
dust (rajas)A
arrows (śara)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war generates moral and perceptual obscurity: like dust that blinds, uncontrolled aggression clouds discernment, making harm spread widely and indiscriminately—an implicit warning about the ethical cost of violence.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield at a peak of combat: dust is churned up by movement and impact, while arrows fall in a continuous barrage, creating a scene of confusion and overwhelming missile exchange.