Shloka 10

Devanagari script

स युक्तमास्थाय रथं हि काले भर्नुर्विधुन्चन्‌ शरपूर्णमुष्टि: । सृजत्यसौ शरवर्षाणि वीरो महाहवे मेघ इवाम्बुधारा:,वीरवर भीमसेन यथासमय जुते हुए रथपर आरूढ़ हो धनुष हिलाते हुए मुद्टीभर बाण निकालते और जैसे मेघ जलकी धारा गिराते हैं, उसी प्रकार महासमरमें बाणोंकी वर्षा करते हैं

Transliteration

sa yuktam āsthāya rathaṃ hi kāle bhānur vidhunvan śara-pūrṇa-muṣṭiḥ | sṛjaty asau śara-varṣāṇi vīro mahāhave megha ivāmbu-dhārāḥ ||

Translation

సమయోచితంగా సరిగ్గా జూదిన రథాన్ని అధిరోహించి, ధనుస్సును కంపింపజేస్తూ, ముష్టి నిండా బాణాలతో ఆ వీరుడు మహాసమరంలో బాణవర్షాన్ని కురిపిస్తాడు—మేఘం జలధారలను కురిపించినట్లుగా.

Word by Word

सःhe

युक्तम्yoked, harnessed

आस्थायhaving mounted/ascended

रथम्chariot

हिindeed

कालेat the proper time

भानुःthe radiant one (here: the hero, like the sun)

विधुन्वन्shaking, brandishing

शरपूर्णमुष्टिःwhose fist is full of arrows (i.e., holding a fistful of arrows)

सृजतिhe releases, lets fly

असौthat one, he

शरवर्षाणिshowers of arrows

वीरःthe hero

महाहवेin the great battle

मेघःa cloud

इवlike, as

अम्बुधाराःstreams of water (rain-showers)

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

ratha (chariot)

śara (arrows)

megha (cloud)

ambu-dhārā (rain-streams)

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?

The verse highlights controlled valor: true martial excellence acts 'in time' (kāle), with preparedness and restraint, turning strength into purposeful action rather than impulsive violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

A warrior mounts a properly harnessed chariot at the decisive moment and, brandishing his bow with a fistful of arrows, unleashes a dense barrage—compared to a cloud pouring rain in a great battle.