Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ते तु बाणमयं वर्ष शड्खमूर्थ्नि न्‍्यपातयन्‌ | निदाघान्ते5निलोद्धूता मेघा इव नगे जलम्‌

Transliteration

te tu bāṇamayaṁ varṣaṁ śaṅkhamūrdhni nyapātayan | nidāghānte 'niloddhūtā meghā iva nage jalam ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: Тогда они обрушили на голову Шанкхи дождь стрел, словно в конце летнего зноя тучи, гонимые ветром, проливают воду на гору.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• बाणमयम्: made of arrows
• बाणमयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाणमय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वर्षम्: a shower/rainfall
• वर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शङ्खमूर्ध्नि: on Shankha's head
• शङ्खमूर्ध्नि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्खमूर्धन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• न्यपातयन्: they caused to fall / rained down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Active

• निदाघान्ते: at the end of summer
• निदाघान्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निदाघान्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अनिलोद्धूताः: driven up by the wind
• अनिलोद्धूताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिलोद्धूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मेघाः: clouds
• मेघाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• नगे: on the mountain
• नगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śaṅkha
• arrows (bāṇa)
• clouds (megha)
• wind (anila)
• mountain (naga)
• water (jala)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the overwhelming, almost natural-force character of warfare: when conflict escalates, actions become like storms—testing steadiness, courage, and adherence to one’s duty even amid fear and harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

A group of warriors begins a concentrated barrage of arrows aimed at Śaṅkha’s head. Sañjaya describes it through a vivid simile: wind-driven clouds at summer’s end pouring rain on a mountain.