Shloka 4

Adhyāya 140: Rātriyuddhe Droṇa-prāpti-prayatnaḥ

Night engagement and the attempt to reach Droṇa

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच कर्णभीमौ महाराज पराक्रान्तो महाबलौ । बाणवर्षाण्यसृजतां वृष्टिमन्ताविवाम्बुदौ,संजयने कहा--महाराज! जलकी वर्षा करनेवाले दो बादलोंके समान महाबली, महापराक्रमी कर्ण और भीमसेन परस्पर बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca: karṇa-bhīmau mahārāja parākrāntau mahābalau | bāṇa-varṣāṇy asṛjatāṁ vṛṣṭimantāv ivāmbudau ||

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు—మహారాజా! మహాబలులు, మహాపరాక్రమశాలులు అయిన కర్ణుడు మరియు భీమసేనుడు, వర్షభరిత మేఘాల్లా పరస్పరం బాణవర్షం కురిపించసాగారు.

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

कर्णभीमौKarna and Bhima

महाराजO great king

पराक्रान्तौvaliant, mighty in prowess

महाबलौvery strong

बाणवर्षाणिshowers of arrows

असृजताम्they two released, let loose

वृष्टिमन्तौrain-bearing

इवlike, as

अम्बुदौtwo clouds

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhritarashtra (implied by 'mahārāja')

Karna

Bhimasena

arrows (bāṇa)

clouds (ambuda)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the intensity of kshatriya warfare and suggests an ethical reflection: when valor is fueled by enmity, it can become an indiscriminate storm of harm—powerful in form, yet morally perilous in consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to the king that Karna and Bhima, both exceptionally strong and brave, are exchanging dense volleys of arrows, compared to two rain-clouds pouring down heavy rain.