Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तच्छरैरर्जुनो वर्ष प्रतिजघ्नेडत्यमर्षित:

Transliteration

taccharair arjuno varṣaṃ pratijaghne ’tyamarṣitaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Enraged beyond measure, Arjuna countered that shower with his arrows and shattered it. Seeing his stony downpour rendered futile, Indra—lord of the gods and performer of a hundred sacrifices—again unleashed an even heavier rain of stones.

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.