Shloka 30

Devanagari script

पार्थ च सुमहाबाहुर्महावेगैर्महारथ: । विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैर्मेघो वृष्टयेव पर्वतम्‌,जैसे मेघ पर्वतपर जलकी वर्षा करता है, उसी प्रकार महाबाहु महारथी द्रोण पृथापुत्र अर्जुनको अत्यन्त वेगशाली तीखे बाणोंद्वारा बींध रहे थे

Transliteration

pārthaṃ ca sumahābāhur mahāvegair mahārathaḥ | vivyādha niśitair bāṇair megho vṛṣṭyeva parvatam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Sang pahlawan berlengan perkasa, seorang maharatha, menikam Pārtha (Arjuna) dengan anak-anak panah yang laju dan setajam mata pisau—seperti awan hujan mencurahkan lebatnya ke atas gunung.

Word by Word

पार्थम्Arjuna (son of Pritha)

चand

सुमहाबाहुःthe very mighty-armed one

महावेगैःwith very swift (ones)

महारथःthe great chariot-warrior

विव्याधpierced

निशितैःwith sharp

बाणैःarrows

मेघःa cloud

वृष्ट्याwith rain / by raining

इवlike, as

पर्वतम्a mountain

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pārtha (Arjuna)

mahārathaḥ (great chariot-warrior)

megha (cloud)

parvata (mountain)

bāṇa (arrows)

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 steadfastness and duty in conflict: a warrior may face an overwhelming barrage, yet the ethical ideal is to remain composed and resolute in one’s appointed role (kṣatriya-dharma), meeting force with disciplined courage rather than panic.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a battle moment where a great chariot-warrior strikes Arjuna repeatedly with fast, sharp arrows. The intensity is compared to a rain-cloud pouring upon a mountain, conveying sustained, heavy assault.