Shloka 39
Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana
तां समुद्रमिवोद्धूतां शरवृष्टिं समुत्थिताम्
tāṃ samudram ivoddhūtāṃ śaravṛṣṭiṃ samutthitām
Sañjaya said: “That storm of arrows, risen up and driven onward like the heaving ocean, surged forth—an image of war’s blind momentum, where human resolve is tested amid overwhelming force.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how violence in war can swell into an impersonal, ocean-like force—suggesting an ethical tension: individual agency persists, yet the battlefield can feel like a vast surge that overwhelms restraint and clarity.
Sañjaya describes an intense exchange of missiles: a ‘rain of arrows’ rises and rushes forward, compared to a turbulent ocean, emphasizing the scale and ferocity of the combat.