Shloka 113
अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः
Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle
विसृजन् शरवर्षाणि कालवर्षीव तोयद: । अपने पुत्रके मूर्च्छित होनेपर बाह्लीकने वर्षाऋतुमें वर्षा करनेवाले मेघके समान बाणोंकी वृष्टि करते हुए वहाँ सात्यकिपर धावा किया
visṛjan śaravarṣāṇi kālavarṣīva toyadaḥ | apane putrake mūrcchita honepar bāhlīkane varṣāṛtumeṃ varṣā karanevāle meghake samāna bāṇoṃkī vṛṣṭi karate hue vahāṃ sātyakipar dhāvā kiyā |
Sañjaya said: Pouring forth showers of arrows like a rain-cloud that rains in season, Bāhlīka—on seeing his son fall unconscious—rushed there against Sātyaki, striking him with a storm of shafts.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how personal sorrow in war can quickly transform into wrath and vengeance, driving further violence; it implicitly warns that unchecked grief-fueled retaliation deepens the moral and human cost of conflict.
After Bāhlīka sees his son rendered unconscious, he charges at Sātyaki and unleashes a heavy barrage of arrows, compared to a monsoon cloud pouring rain.