Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अथैनं शरवर्षेण च्छादयामास संयुगे | गिरिं जलागमे यद्धज्जलदा जलवृष्टिभि:,इसके बाद जैसे बादल बरसातमें पर्वतपर जलकी वर्षा करते हैं, उसी प्रकार उन्होंने धृष्टद्युम्नपर रणभूमिमें बाणोंकी वर्षा करके उन्हें सब ओरसे ढक दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | athainaṃ śaravarṣeṇa cchādayāmāsa saṃyuge | giriṃ jalāgame yaddhajjaladā jalavṛṣṭibhiḥ ||

Translation

اس کے بعد اس نے میدانِ جنگ میں تیروں کی بارش سے اسے یوں ڈھانپ لیا جیسے برسات کے آنے پر بادل پہاڑ پر پانی کی دھاریں برسا کر اسے چھا لیتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• एनम्: him (that one)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शर-वर्षेण: with a shower of arrows
• शर-वर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर-वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च्छादयामास: covered
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गिरिम्: a mountain
• गिरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जल-आगमे: at the coming of the rains (rainy season)
• जल-आगमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल-आगम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• हि: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• जलदाः: clouds
• जलदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जल-वृष्टिभिः: with showers of water
• जल-वृष्टिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल-वृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows (śara)
• clouds (jalada)
• mountain (giri)
• rain/monsoon (jalāgama)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse offers a moral-psychological insight through imagery: in war, violence can become as relentless and impersonal as natural forces. It invites reflection on the ethical weight of battle—how quickly individual agency is submerged under overwhelming martial power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a warrior in combat covering his opponent with a dense barrage of arrows, likening it to rain-clouds pouring down on a mountain at the onset of the monsoon.