Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ततो<श्मवर्ष सुमहद्‌ व्यसूजत्‌ पाकशासन:

Transliteration

tato 'śmavarṣa sumahad vyasūjat pākaśāsanaḥ

Translation

Then Pākaśāsana (Indra), the chastiser of the demon Pāka, unleashed a very great shower of stones—an overwhelming, punitive display of divine force meant to subdue and check the opposing side.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त)

• अश्मवर्षम्: a rain/shower of stones
• अश्मवर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मवर्ष (अश्मन् + वर्ष)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सुमहत्: very great
• सुमहत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत् (महत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• व्यसूजत्: sent forth, discharged
• व्यसूजत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (सृजति)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• पाकशासनः: Indra (Punisher of Pāka)
• पाकशासनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाकशासन (इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pākaśāsana (Indra)
• aśmavarṣa (shower of stones)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the idea that overwhelming power—especially divine or royal power—can be deployed as chastisement to restrain wrongdoing or opposition; it implicitly raises the ethical theme that force is used as a corrective instrument, not merely as spectacle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Indra (Pākaśāsana) releases a massive 'rain of stones,' indicating an intense, supernatural assault or deterrent action within the ongoing conflict or confrontation in the episode.