Shloka 20
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता
Devanagari script
एवमुक्तास्तु ते सर्वे शस्त्रवृष्टीरपातयन्
Transliteration
evam uktās tu te sarve śastravṛṣṭīr apātayan
Translation
Sañjaya said: Thus addressed, all of them at once unleashed a rain of weapons.
Word by Word
एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
उक्ताःhaving been spoken to / addressed
उक्ताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवच् (उक्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तुbut, indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शस्त्रवृष्टीन्showers of weapons
शस्त्रवृष्टीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशस्त्रवृष्टि
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
अपातयन्they caused to fall / rained down
अपातयन्:
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (अप-√पत्)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaW
weapons (śastra)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line highlights how, in the momentum of war, speech (orders, provocation, or counsel) rapidly becomes action; it implicitly contrasts disciplined restraint with the ease of collective escalation into violence.
After being addressed (by a prior speaker in the episode), the assembled warriors respond immediately by hurling weapons in mass, described metaphorically as a ‘rain’ of arms.