Shloka 113

Devanagari script

तां स मेघादिवोद्धूतां बाणवृष्टिं समन्‍्ततः । जलवृष्टिं महाघोरां तपान्त इव चिन्तयन्‌,वर्षाकालमें मेघसे होनेवाली अत्यन्त घोर जलवृष्टिके समान चारों ओरसे होनेवाली अश्वत्थामाकी उस बाण-वर्षापर विचार करते हुए भयंकर पराक्रमी भीमसेनने द्रोणपुत्रके वधकी इच्छा की और वे बरसातके बादलोंके समान बाणोंकी बौछार करने लगे

Transliteration

tāṃ sa meghādivoddhūtāṃ bāṇavṛṣṭiṃ samantataḥ | jalavṛṣṭiṃ mahāghorāṃ tapānta iva cintayan |

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ମେଘ ଠେଲିଦେଇଥିବା ପରି, ସମସ୍ତ ଦିଗରୁ ପଡୁଥିବା ସେହି ବାଣବୃଷ୍ଟିକୁ—ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଭୟଙ୍କର ଜଳବୃଷ୍ଟି ସମାନ—ଭାବି, ଭୀମସେନ ଦ୍ରୋଣପୁତ୍ରବଧର ସଙ୍କଳ୍ପ କଲେ; ଏବଂ ପ୍ରାବୃଷ୍ଟିର ମେଘ ପରି ପ୍ରତିଉତ୍ତରରେ ବାଣବୃଷ୍ଟି ବର୍ଷାଇଲେ।

Word by Word

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मेघात्: from a cloud
• मेघात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• उद्धूताम्: driven forth/raised up
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-धू
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• बाणवृष्टिम्: shower of arrows
• बाणवृष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाणवृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

• जलवृष्टिम्: shower of water/rainfall
• जलवृष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलवृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• महाघोराम्: very terrible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाघोर
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तपान्ते: he burns/heats
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• चिन्तयन्: thinking/considering
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Present active participle (शतृ)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Aśvatthāmā (Droṇa’s son)
• Bhīmasena
• Droṇa
• bāṇa (arrows)
• megha (clouds)
• jala-vṛṣṭi (rainfall)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in war, overwhelming aggression provokes an answering resolve; it frames retaliation as a deliberate choice made under pressure, raising the ethical tension between righteous duty in battle (kṣatriya-dharma) and the escalating cycle of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aśvatthāmā unleashes a terrifying, all-encompassing rain of arrows. Observing this, Bhīma forms the intention to kill Droṇa’s son and begins to counter with his own cloud-like volleys of arrows.