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Shloka 15

प्रदिशज्छरसम्पातान्‌ कुन्तीपुत्रो&र्जुनस्तदा

pradiśacchara-sampātān kuntīputro 'rjunas tadā | kuntīputraḥ savyasācī ||

قال فيدورا: «وفي ذلك الحين كان أرجونا ابن كونتي—سَفْيَسَاتشي—كأنه يُومئ إلى مطرٍ من السهام. فكما أن حبات الرمل المبعثرة خلف الملك تهوي في سيلٍ متصلٍ لا تلتصق إحداها بالأخرى، كذلك سيُغدق على الأعداء وابلًا لا يُحصى من السهام، كلُّ سهمٍ منفردٌ ومع ذلك متتابعٌ بلا انقطاع.»

प्रदिशन्indicating, expressing
प्रदिशन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√दिश्
Formशतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन
शर-सम्पातान्showers/volleys of arrows
शर-सम्पातान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशर + सम्पात
Formपुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
कुन्ती-पुत्रःKunti’s son
कुन्ती-पुत्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकुन्तीपुत्र
Formपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अर्जुनःArjuna
अर्जुनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअर्जुन
Formपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन
तदाthen, at that time
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
Formtrue

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura
A
Arjuna
K
Kuntī
K
King (rājā, implied in the narrative)
E
Enemies (śatru, implied)
A
Arrows (śara)
S
Sand/grains of sand (bālu/rajaḥ, as simile in the given passage)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights disciplined power: true strength is not mere violence but controlled, precise capability. Vidura’s framing implies that martial excellence must be understood within counsel and responsibility—power that can be unleashed continuously, yet with mastery and restraint.

Vidura describes Arjuna’s readiness and intent to overwhelm opponents with an unbroken, countless volley of arrows. The imagery compares the continuous fall of scattered sand behind a traveling king to the continuous, non-clumping succession of arrows Arjuna can release.