Shloka 10
Devanagari script
तामन्तरिक्षे विततां शस्त्रवृष्टिं समन््तत: । व्यधमत् पाण्डवो बाणैस्तम: सूर्य इवांशुभि:
Transliteration
tām antarīkṣe vitatāṁ śastravṛṣṭiṁ samantataḥ | vyadhamat pāṇḍavo bāṇais tamaḥ sūrya ivāṁśubhiḥ ||
Translation
三阇耶说道：那位般度之子以箭矢驱散了遍布长空、四面铺开的兵刃之雨——正如太阳以光芒驱逐黑暗。
Word by Word
ताम्that (weapon-shower)
ताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्री, द्वितीया, एकवचन
अन्तरिक्षेin the sky
अन्तरिक्षे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष
Formनपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन
वितताम्spread out, extended
वितताम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवितत (√तन्)
Formस्त्री, द्वितीया, एकवचन
शस्त्रवृष्टिम्shower of weapons
शस्त्रवृष्टिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशस्त्रवृष्टि
Formस्त्री, द्वितीया, एकवचन
समन्ततःon all sides, all around
समन्ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्ततः
व्यधमत्blew away, dispelled
व्यधमत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवि + √धम्
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम, एकवचन
पाण्डवःthe Pandava (Arjuna)
पाण्डवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव
Formपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन
बाणैःwith arrows
बाणैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबाण
Formपुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन
तमःdarkness
तमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्
Formनपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन
सूर्यःthe sun
सूर्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य
Formपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अंशुभिःwith rays
अंशुभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअंशु
Formपुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)प
पाण्डव (Pāṇḍava)श
शस्त्रवृष्टि (weapon-shower)ब
बाण (arrows)स
सूर्य (sun)त
तमस् (darkness)अ
अन्तरिक्ष (sky/mid-air)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
The verse highlights disciplined resistance to destructive force: in the chaos of war, a righteous warrior counters an indiscriminate barrage with focused skill, symbolically restoring clarity—like sunlight removing darkness.
Sañjaya describes a moment in battle where a widespread ‘rain of weapons’ fills the sky; the Pāṇḍava answers by shooting arrows that scatter and neutralize that barrage, compared to the sun’s rays dispelling darkness.