Shloka 4
Devanagari script
तेषां तु च्छाद्यमानानां पञ्चालानां समन्ततः । अभवद् भैरवो नादो वध्यतां शरवृष्टिभि:
Transliteration
teṣāṃ tu chādyamānānāṃ pañcālānāṃ samantataḥ | abhavad bhairavo nādo vadhyatāṃ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ ||
Translation
サンジャヤは言った。「パンチャーラ勢が四方から矢の雨に覆われると、恐るべき轟きが起こった――矢の豪雨の下で彼らが討ち倒されてゆくさなかに。」
Word by Word
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
च्छाद्यमानानाम्being covered/overwhelmed
च्छाद्यमानानाम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootछाद्
Formशानच् (present passive participle), Passive, Masculine, Genitive, Plural
पञ्चालानाम्of the Panchalas
पञ्चालानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चाल
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
समन्ततःon all sides
समन्ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्ततः
अभवत्arose/was
अभवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
भैरवःterrible/dreadful
भैरवः:
TypeAdjective
Rootभैरव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नादःsound/roar
नादः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनाद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वध्यताम्of those to be slain/being slain
वध्यताम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootवध्
Formयत् (gerundive/necessitative passive participle), Masculine, Genitive, Plural
शरवृष्टिभिःby showers of arrows
शरवृष्टिभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशरवृष्टि
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaP
PāñcālasŚ
śara (arrows)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical gravity of war: when combat escalates into indiscriminate overwhelming force, the result is not glory but terror and suffering. It implicitly cautions that martial duty, if unmoored from restraint and discernment, becomes sheer destruction.
Sañjaya describes the Pāñcālas being surrounded and overwhelmed as arrows fall in dense volleys. Amid this slaughter, a frightening roar—of battle, pain, and chaos—rises across the field.