Shloka 59

Devanagari script

शल्य: सायकवर्षेण पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान्‌

Transliteration

śalyaḥ sāyakavarṣeṇa parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు—శల్యుడు బాణవర్షాన్ని కురిపిస్తూ వర్షధారుడైన పర్జన్యుని వలె ప్రకాశించాడు.

Word by Word

• शल्यः: Shalya
• शल्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सायकवर्षेण: with a shower of arrows
• सायकवर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायकवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पर्जन्यः: a rain-cloud (Parjanya)
• पर्जन्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्जन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• वृष्टिमान्: rainy, possessing rain; raining
• वृष्टिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृष्टिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Parjanya
• arrows (sāyaka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how the violence and intensity of war can be portrayed through natural metaphors: a warrior’s arrow-storm becomes like rain. Ethically, it suggests the battlefield’s momentum can feel as inexorable as nature—prompting reflection on the human cost when skill is directed toward destruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Śalya in combat, releasing such a dense barrage of arrows that it resembles a heavy rainfall, likening him to Parjanya, the rain-bringer.