Shloka 48

Devanagari script

सो<श्मवर्ष महावेगैरिषुभि: पाकशासनि: । विलयं गमयामास हर्षयन्‌ पितरं तथा,यह देख इन्द्रकुमार अर्जुनने अपने पिताका हर्ष बढ़ाते हुए महान्‌ वेगशाली बाणोंद्वारा पत्थरोंकी उस वृष्टिको फिर विलीन कर दिया

Transliteration

so ’śmavarṣaṁ mahāvegair iṣubhiḥ pākaśāsaniḥ | vilayaṁ gamayāmāsa harṣayan pitaraṁ tathā ||

Translation

అప్పుడు పాకశాసని—ఇంద్రపుత్రుడు అర్జునుడు—మహావేగమైన బాణాలతో ఆ శిలావృష్టిని లయమయ్యేలా చేసి, తన తండ్రిని కూడా హర్షింపజేశాడు.

Word by Word

सःhe

अश्मवर्षम्stone-shower (hail of rocks)

महावेगैःwith great-speed (very swift)

इषुभिःwith arrows

पाकशासनिःthe chastiser of Pāka (Indra)

विलयम्dissolution, disappearance

गमयामासcaused to go (made it vanish)

हर्षयन्gladdening, delighting

पितरम्father

तथाthus, in that manner

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna

Indra (as Arjuna’s father, implied by 'pitaraṁ' and the epithet)

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

What is the core teaching?

Excellence in action (skill with weapons) should be guided by restraint and purpose—meeting a threat effectively while upholding honor and bringing rightful satisfaction to one’s elders, rather than acting from rage or vanity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna counters a fierce rain of stones by releasing swift arrows that neutralize it, making the stone-shower disappear, and in doing so he pleases his father (Indra), who witnesses his prowess.