Shloka 25

Devanagari script

प्रादुश्चक्रेडस्त्रमत्युग्रं भास्करं कुरुनन्दन: । ततः प्रकाशमभवज्जगत्‌ सर्व महीपते,यह भयंकर एवं महान्‌ अन्धकार देखकर कुरु-कुलको आनन्दित करनेवाले अभिमन्युने अत्यन्त उग्र भास्करास्त्रको प्रकट किया। राजन्‌! इससे सम्पूर्ण जगतमें प्रकाश छा गया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | prāduścakred astram atyugraṃ bhāskaraṃ kurunandanaḥ | tataḥ prakāśam abhavaj jagat sarvaṃ mahīpate ||

Translation

قال سانجيا: إن أبهيمانيو، بهجة آل كورو، أظهر سلاح «بهاسكارا» شديد البأس. فعندئذٍ، أيها الملك، امتلأ العالم كله نورًا.

Word by Word

प्रादुःmanifestly, forth

चक्रेmade, produced

अस्त्रम्weapon (missile)

अति-उग्रम्exceedingly fierce

भास्करम्sun-like; (name) Bhāskara (sun)

कुरु-नन्दनःdelighter of the Kurus

ततःthen, thereafter

प्रकाशम्light, brightness

अभवत्became, came to be

जगत्the world

सर्वम्entire, all

महीपतेO king (lord of the earth)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhritarashtra

Abhimanyu

Bhaskarastra (Sun-weapon)

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?

Even amid war’s chaos, power should be exercised with disciplined intent: the imagery of darkness being dispelled by a sun-like weapon underscores the ethical ideal that clarity, courage, and right resolve must overcome fear and confusion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that Abhimanyu, described as the Kurus’ delight, invokes the fierce Bhāskara-weapon; its radiance spreads everywhere, removing the oppressive darkness and changing the battlefield’s condition.