Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तां वृष्टिं सहसा राजन्नुत्थितां घोररूपिणीम्‌ । वारयामास शैनेयो योधयंस्तान्‌ महारथान्‌,राजन! उन महारथियोंके साथ युद्ध करते हुए शिनिपौत्र सात्यकिने सहसा उठी हुई उस भयंकर बाण-वर्षाको अपने अस्त्रोंद्वारा रोक दिया

Transliteration

tāṁ vṛṣṭiṁ sahasā rājann utthitāṁ ghorarūpiṇīm | vārayāmāsa śaineyo yodhayaṁs tān mahārathān ||

Translation

ರಾಜನೇ! ಆ ಮಹಾರಥಿಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಯುದ್ಧ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಲೇ, ಶಿನಿಪುತ್ರ ಸಾತ್ಯಕಿ ಅಚಾನಕ್ ಎದ್ದ ಆ ಭೀಕರ ಬಾಣವೃಷ್ಟಿಯನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಆಯುಧಗಳಿಂದ ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ತಡೆದನು।

Word by Word

ताम्that (her/it)

वृष्टिम्shower, rain (of arrows)

सहसाsuddenly

राजन्O king

उत्थिताम्arisen, risen up

घोर-रूपिणीम्of terrible form

वारयामासchecked, warded off

शैनेयःthe son of Śini (Sātyaki)

योधयन्fighting, engaging in battle

तान्those

महा-रथान्great chariot-warriors

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as rājā/king)

Śaineya (Sātyaki)

mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)

arrow-shower (bāṇa-vṛṣṭi)

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

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, excellence is not mere aggression but disciplined protection—meeting sudden, terrifying force with steadiness, skill, and restraint to safeguard one’s side and uphold one’s duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

A fierce, sudden barrage of arrows rises in the battle. Sātyaki (Śaineya), while fighting the opposing great chariot-warriors, counters and blocks that arrow-shower with his own weapons.