Shloka 12
Adhyāya 65: Dawn Assembly, Makara–Śyena Vyūhas, and Commander Engagements
अथैनं शरवर्षेण च्छादयामास संयुगे | गिरिं जलागमे यद्धज्जलदा जलवृष्टिभि:
sañjaya uvāca | athainaṃ śaravarṣeṇa cchādayāmāsa saṃyuge | giriṃ jalāgame yaddhajjaladā jalavṛṣṭibhiḥ ||
Sanjaya said: Then, in the thick of battle, he covered him with a rain of arrows—just as, at the coming of the rains, clouds drench a mountain with torrents of water.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse offers a moral-psychological insight through imagery: in war, violence can become as relentless and impersonal as natural forces. It invites reflection on the ethical weight of battle—how quickly individual agency is submerged under overwhelming martial power.
Sañjaya describes a warrior in combat covering his opponent with a dense barrage of arrows, likening it to rain-clouds pouring down on a mountain at the onset of the monsoon.