Shloka 36

भीमसेनस्य वेगाभिपातः—विशोकसारथिसंवादश्च

Bhīma’s surge and dialogue with charioteer Viśoka

Devanagari script

अनुक्त्वा च ततः किंचिच्छरवर्षेण पाण्डवम्‌

Transliteration

anuktvā ca tataḥ kiñcic charavarṣeṇa pāṇḍavam

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Then, without uttering anything further, he assailed the Pāṇḍava with a rain of arrows.” The line underscores how, in the heat of battle, speech and counsel give way to immediate violent action, marking a shift from deliberation to the stark ethics of warfare where intent is expressed through deeds rather than words.

Word by Word

• अनुक्त्वा: having not said (without speaking)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन् + वच् (उक्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• किंचित्: anything; something (at all)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किंचित्

• शरवर्षेण: with a shower of arrows
• शरवर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (one of the Pandavas)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

(युधिष्टिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍava
• śara (arrows)