Shloka 3

Devanagari script

ततो बाणमयं वर्ष ववर्ष मयि भार्गव: । न्यवारयमहं तच्च शरजालेन भारत,उस समय भृगुनन्दन परशुरामजीने मुझपर बाणोंकी झड़ी लगा दी। भारत! तब मैंने अपने सायकसमूहोंसे उस बाणवर्षाको रोक दिया

Transliteration

tato bāṇamayaṃ varṣaṃ vavarṣa mayi bhārgavaḥ | nyavārayam ahaṃ tac ca śarajālena bhārata ||

Translation

అప్పుడు భృగునందన పరశురాముడు నాపై బాణవర్షం కురిపించాడు. ఓ భారతా! నేను నా శరజాలంతో ఆ బాణవర్షాన్ని అడ్డుకున్నాను.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• बाणमयम्: made of arrows, consisting of arrows
• बाणमयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाणमय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वर्षम्: a shower, downpour
• वर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ववर्ष: rained down, showered
• ववर्ष: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृष् (वर्षणे)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मयि: on me, upon me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (by reference), Locative, Singular

• भार्गवः: the Bhargava (Parashurama)
• भार्गवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न्यवारयम्: I warded off, I checked
• न्यवारयम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √वृ (वरणे/वारणे) / √वृ (निवारणे) (causative sense in usage)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 1st person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (by reference), Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that (shower)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• शरजालेन: with a net/mass of arrows
• शरजालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरजाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Paraśurāma (Bhārgava)
• arrows (bāṇa/śara)
• arrow-net (śarajāla)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣatriya discipline: even under overwhelming attack, one responds with measured skill and restraint, countering force without losing composure—an ethic of controlled power in battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that Paraśurāma unleashed a dense volley of arrows at him, and Bhīṣma neutralized it by intercepting with his own arrows, forming an ‘arrow-net’ that blocks the incoming barrage.