Shloka 58

द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa

Devanagari script

ते महास्त्राणि दिव्यानि तत्र राजन्‌ व्यदर्शयन्‌

Transliteration

te mahāstrāṇi divyāni tatra rājan vyadarśayan

Translation

قال سنجيا: «أيها الملك، هناك أظهروا تلك الأسلحة العظمى الإلهية».

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महास्त्राणि: great weapons (mighty missiles)
• महास्त्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• दिव्यानि: divine
• दिव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• व्यदर्शयन्: showed, displayed
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, वि

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• mahāstra (divine weapons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the display of overwhelming, ‘divine’ martial power, implicitly reminding the listener that extraordinary capability in war intensifies ethical responsibility: the greater the weapon, the greater the accountability for its deployment and its fallout.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, at that moment in the battle, great celestial weapons were being shown/used—signaling an escalation in the conflict and the entry of higher-order astras into the fighting.