Shloka 513
प्रववर्ष महाकायो द्रुमवर्ष नभस्तलात् । तदनन्तर अन्तरिक्षमें उछलकर वह विशालकाय राक्षस प्रलयकालके मेघकी भाँति गर्जना करता हुआ आकाशशसे वृक्षोंकी वर्षा करने लगा
pravavarṣa mahākāyo drumavarṣa nabhastalāt |
Sañjaya said: The gigantic one began to rain down a shower of trees from the sky. Then, leaping into the mid-air, that huge rākṣasa—roaring like a cloud at the time of cosmic dissolution—poured down trees from the heavens, intensifying the terror of battle.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how unrestrained power in war can become dehumanizing and adharma-like: the rākṣasa’s apocalyptic roar and indiscriminate ‘rain of trees’ symbolizes violence that overwhelms moral limits, warning that might without restraint magnifies भय (terror) rather than righteousness.
Sañjaya describes a gigantic rākṣasa who leaps into the air and, roaring like a pralaya-cloud, hurls or causes a shower of trees to fall from the sky—an extraordinary, terrifying battlefield display meant to crush and panic opponents.