Shloka 39
Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana
Devanagari script
तां समुद्रमिवोद्धूतां शरवृष्टिं समुत्थिताम्
Transliteration
tāṃ samudram ivoddhūtāṃ śaravṛṣṭiṃ samutthitām
Translation
सञ्जय उवाच—तां शरवृष्टिं समुद्रमिवोद्धूतां समुत्थितां च दृष्ट्वा, सा वेगेन समन्तात् प्रावर्तत।
Word by Word
ताम्that (her/it)
ताम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
समुद्रम्ocean
समुद्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
उद्धूताम्shaken up, stirred, agitated
उद्धूताम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-धू
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
शरवृष्टिम्shower of arrows
शरवृष्टिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशरवृष्टि
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
समुत्थिताम्arisen, sprung up
समुत्थिताम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-उत्-स्था
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaO
ocean (simile)A
arrow-shower (śaravṛṣṭi)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how violence in war can swell into an impersonal, ocean-like force—suggesting an ethical tension: individual agency persists, yet the battlefield can feel like a vast surge that overwhelms restraint and clarity.
Sañjaya describes an intense exchange of missiles: a ‘rain of arrows’ rises and rushes forward, compared to a turbulent ocean, emphasizing the scale and ferocity of the combat.