Shloka 36

Devanagari script

अयुतान्यथ खर्वाणि निखर्वाणि च कौरव । राम: शराणां संक्रुद्धो मयि तूर्ण न्‍्यपातयत्‌

Transliteration

ayutāny atha kharvāṇi nikharvāṇi ca kaurava | rāmaḥ śarāṇāṃ saṃkruddho mayi tūrṇaṃ nyapātayat ||

Translation

ഹേ കൗരവാ! അപ്പോൾ ക്രോധത്തിൽ ജ്വലിച്ച രാമൻ (പരശുരാമൻ) എന്റെ മേൽ അതിവേഗം അസംഖ്യമായ അമ്പുകളുടെ മഴ പെയ്തു—അയുതങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് ഖർവ-നിഖർവ വരെ—ശുദ്ധബലത്തോടെ എന്നെ അടിച്ചമർത്തുവാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ചതുപോലെ.

Word by Word

अयुतानिten-thousands (in number)

अथthen/and

खर्वाणिkharvas (a large number-name)

निखर्वाणिnikharvas (a larger number-name)

चand

कौरवO Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)

रामःRama (Parashurama)

शराणाम्of arrows

संक्रुद्धःenraged, highly angered

मयिon/at me

तूर्णम्swiftly

अपातयत्caused to fall/shot down; hurled

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Kaurava (addressee)

Rāma (Paraśurāma)

arrows (śara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger in conflict expresses itself as overwhelming force, while the narrative context underscores steadfastness and resilience amid extreme aggression—qualities expected in a kṣatriya confrontation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma recounts to a Kaurava how Paraśurāma (Rāma), furious in their encounter, rapidly unleashed an immense shower of arrows upon him, emphasizing the intensity and scale of the assault.