Shloka 41
ब्राह्मणपूजा-राजधर्मः | Royal Duty of Honoring Learned Brahmins
शस्त्रैश्न विविधाकारै रथौचैश्व युधिष्ठिर । अभ्यवर्षन्त राजानं हिमवन्तमिवाम्बुदा:
śastraiś ca vividhākāraiḥ rathaughaiś ca yudhiṣṭhira | abhyavarṣanta rājānaṃ himavantam ivāmbudāḥ ||
ಓ ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರ! ಮೇಘಗಳು ಹಿಮವಂತನ ಮೇಲೆ ಮಳೆ ಸುರಿಸುವಂತೆ, ಅವರು ವಿವಿಧಾಕಾರದ ಶಸ್ತ್ರಗಳಿಂದಲೂ ರಥಸಮೂಹಗಳಿಂದಲೂ ರಾಜನ ಮೇಲೆ ಅಸ್ತ್ರವೃಷ್ಟಿ ಸುರಿಸಿದರು।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how violence in war can become overwhelming like a force of nature; ethically, it frames the battlefield as a test of steadiness and righteous conduct amid chaos, a recurring concern in Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira.
Bhīṣma describes attackers advancing with many chariots and showering the king with diverse weapons, comparing the barrage of missiles to rain-clouds pouring on the Himalaya.