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

Mendengar demikian, mereka semua serentak menumpahkan hujan senjata.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्ताः: having been spoken to / addressed
• उक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (उक्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शस्त्रवृष्टीन्: showers of weapons
• शस्त्रवृष्टीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्रवृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• अपातयन्: they caused to fall / rained down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (अप-√पत्)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• weapons (śastra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.