Shloka 6
शिरसां पात्यमानानां समरे निशितै: शरै: । अभ्मवृष्टिरिवाकाशे बभूव भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ] उस समरभूमिमें तीखे बाणोंसे गिराये जानेवाले मस्तकोंकी वर्षा होने लगी, मानो आकाशशसे पत्थरोंकी वृष्टि हो रही है
śirasāṁ pātyamānānāṁ samare niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | aśmavṛṣṭir ivākāśe babhūva bharatarṣabha ||
Sañjaya said: In that battle, as keen arrows struck, severed heads were seen falling in a shower—like a rain of stones descending from the sky, O bull among the Bharatas. The image underscores the terrible cost of war: when dharma is contested by arms, the field becomes a place where human life is spent with frightening ease.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse offers a stark ethical reminder of war’s reality: even when fought under claims of dharma, battle unleashes indiscriminate destruction. The simile of a stone-rain emphasizes how quickly life is reduced to falling bodies, urging sober reflection on the human cost behind heroic narratives.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the fighting has become extremely fierce. Sharpened arrows are cutting down warriors so violently that severed heads seem to fall in a continuous shower, compared to stones raining from the sky.