Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तच्छरैरर्जुनो वर्ष प्रतिजघ्नेडत्यमर्षित:

Transliteration

taccharair arjuno varṣaṃ pratijaghne ’tyamarṣitaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Arjuna, von maßlosem Zorn erfüllt, begegnete jenem Steinhagel mit seinen Pfeilen und zerschmetterte ihn. Als Indra —Herr der Götter und Vollzieher von hundert Opfern— sah, dass sein steinernes Niedergehen wirkungslos geworden war, ließ er abermals einen noch schwereren Steinhagel herab.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्षम्: shower, rain (downpour)
• वर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतिजघ्ने: struck back, repelled, destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अत्यन्तम्: exceedingly, extremely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यन्त

• अमर्षितः: enraged, intolerant (filled with wrath)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्षित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Indra (Pākaśāsana, Śatayajña)
• arrows
• rain/shower
• stones

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when confronted by overwhelming force (including divine power), a disciplined warrior meets the challenge with steadiness and skill; anger may arise, but the narrative highlights channeling intensity into focused action rather than panic or collapse of duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra sends a rain-like barrage of stones; Arjuna, intensely provoked, counters and destroys it with a dense volley of arrows. Indra, seeing the first attempt fail, escalates by producing an even heavier stony downpour.