Shloka 47

Devanagari script

विफल क्रियमाणं तत्‌ समवेक्ष्य शतक्रतुः । भूय: संवर्धयामास तद्वर्ष पाकशासन:,अर्जुनने अत्यन्त अमर्षमें भरकर अपने बार्णोद्वारा वह सारी वर्षा नष्ट कर दी। सौ यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान करनेवाले पाकशासन इन्द्रने उस पत्थरोंकी वर्षाको विफल हुई देख पुनः पत्थरोंकी बड़ी भारी वर्षा की

Transliteration

viphala-kriyamāṇaṃ tat samavekṣya śatakratuḥ | bhūyaḥ saṃvardhayāmāsa tadvarṣa pākaśāsanaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: Vendo aquela investida tornar-se inútil, Śatakratu (Indra), o Pākaśāsana, intensificou mais uma vez aquela mesma chuva de pedras.

Word by Word

विफलम्fruitless, ineffective

क्रियमाणम्being done, being made

तत्that

समवेक्ष्यhaving observed, seeing

शतक्रतुःIndra (he whose rites are a hundred)

भूयःagain, further

संवर्धयामासcaused to increase, intensified

तत्that (same thing)

वर्षम्rain, shower

पाकशासनःIndra (Punisher of Pāka)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Indra (Śatakratu, Pākaśāsana)

rain/downpour (varṣa; context: stone-rain)

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?

Unchecked anger and wounded pride tend to escalate force rather than restore order; the episode cautions that power used reactively can become self-defeating when met by steadiness and competence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra observes that his previous downpour (understood in context as a destructive shower, such as stones) has been neutralized, and he responds by increasing the intensity of the same assault again.