Shloka 31
शिला: खडगा गुडाश्चैव ऋष्टीर्वजाणि चैव ह । सा राक्षसविसृष्टा तु शस्त्रवृष्टि: सुदारुणा
śilāḥ khaḍgā guḍāś caiva ṛṣṭīr vajāṇi caiva ha | sā rākṣasa-visṛṣṭā tu śastra-vṛṣṭiḥ sudāruṇā ||
Sañjaya said: “Stones, swords, maces, spears, and heavy clubs—such was the dreadful rain of weapons unleashed by the rākṣasa. It fell with terrifying force, intensifying the chaos of battle and showing how violence, when driven by wrath and brute power, multiplies suffering on all sides.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how unchecked fury and the pursuit of victory through sheer destructive force lead to indiscriminate harm; it implicitly contrasts disciplined, dharma-guided warfare with terrifying, dehumanizing escalation.
Sañjaya describes a rākṣasa warrior unleashing a dreadful barrage—stones and multiple kinds of weapons—like a ‘rain’ falling upon the battlefield, heightening the peril for the opposing forces.