Shloka 114

Devanagari script

द्रोणपुत्रवधप्रेप्सुभीमो भीमपराक्रम: । अमुञ्चच्छरवर्षाणि प्रावृषीव बलाहक:,वर्षाकालमें मेघसे होनेवाली अत्यन्त घोर जलवृष्टिके समान चारों ओरसे होनेवाली अश्वत्थामाकी उस बाण-वर्षापर विचार करते हुए भयंकर पराक्रमी भीमसेनने द्रोणपुत्रके वधकी इच्छा की और वे बरसातके बादलोंके समान बाणोंकी बौछार करने लगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

droṇaputravadhaprepsubhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ |

amuñcaccharavarṣāṇi prāvṛṣīva balāhakaḥ ||

Translation

قال سنجيا: «إن بهيما، شديد البأس، وقد تاقت نفسه إلى قتل ابن درونا (أشڤتّاما)، أخذ يطلق أمطارًا من السهام—كسحابةٍ في موسم الأمطار—مستقبِلًا عاصفة المقذوفات العاتية القادمة من كل جانب.»

Word by Word

द्रोणपुत्रवधप्रेप्सुdesirous of killing Droṇa's son

भीमःBhīma

भीमपराक्रमःof terrible valor

अमुञ्चत्released, let loose

शरवर्षाणिshowers of arrows

प्रावृषिin the rainy season

इवlike, as

बलाहकःa rain-cloud

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

Droṇa

Aśvatthāmā

arrows (śara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in war, intention (prepsu—being set on a goal) and action (releasing an arrow-storm) can surge with overwhelming force, yet it also implicitly points to the ethical strain of vengeance: martial duty and personal retribution can become indistinguishable, testing one’s alignment with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Bhīma, determined to kill Aśvatthāmā (Droṇa’s son), responding with a massive barrage of arrows, compared to a monsoon cloud pouring rain—an image emphasizing the intensity and scale of the exchange on the battlefield.