Shloka 17
Devanagari script
उद्धूता रजसो वृष्टि: शरवृष्टिस्तथैव च
Transliteration
uddhūtā rajaso vṛṣṭiḥ śaravṛṣṭis tathaiva ca
Translation
उद्धूता रजसो वृष्टिः शरवृष्टिस्तथैव च।
Word by Word
उद्धूताraised up, stirred up
उद्धूता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-धू (धातु) → उद्धूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
रजसःof dust
रजसः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
वृष्टिःa shower, rain
वृष्टिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
शरवृष्टिःa shower of arrows
शरवृष्टिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशर + वृष्टि
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
तथाthus, likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
dust (rajas)A
arrows (śara)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war generates moral and perceptual obscurity: like dust that blinds, uncontrolled aggression clouds discernment, making harm spread widely and indiscriminately—an implicit warning about the ethical cost of violence.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield at a peak of combat: dust is churned up by movement and impact, while arrows fall in a continuous barrage, creating a scene of confusion and overwhelming missile exchange.