Shloka 333

उपायैः पूर्ववधकथनम् / Strategic Justifications for Prior Eliminations

Devanagari script

सम्पतन्तो व्यदृश्यन्त भ्राजमाना इवाग्नय: । वहाँ चारों ओर गिरते हुए ऋष्टि, शक्ति, गदा, बाण, मूसल, प्रास और पट्टिश आदि अस्त्र आगके अंगारोंके समान प्रकाशित दिखायी देते थे

Transliteration

sampatanto vyadṛśyanta bhrājamānā ivāgnayaḥ |

Translation

قال سنجيا: حين أمطرت الأسلحة من كل جانب، شوهدت تلمع كالنيران. فالرِّشْتي (الرماح)، والشَّكْتي (الرماح القاذفة)، والهراوات، والسهام، والموسَلا، والرماح (براسا)، والفؤوس الحربية (پَطّيشا) وغيرها—كانت، وهي تهوي، تتلألأ كجمرٍ متقد.

Word by Word

• सम्पतन्तः: falling down, rushing down
• सम्पतन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पत्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), परस्मैपदी-प्रयोग (कर्तरि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• व्यदृश्यन्त: were seen, appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतन भूत), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन

• भ्राजमानाः: shining, blazing
• भ्राजमानाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्राज्
• Form: शानच् (वर्तमान कृदन्त), आत्मनेपदी-प्रयोग (कर्तरि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अग्नयः: fires
• अग्नयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• weapons (ṛṣṭi, śakti, gadā, bāṇa, mūsala, prāsa, paṭṭiśa)
• fire (agni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses the simile of fire to show how battle magnifies human aggression into a consuming force: what appears brilliant and heroic can quickly become indiscriminate destruction, making ethical restraint (dharma) difficult yet crucial.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a fierce exchange in which many kinds of weapons are falling all around; their gleam makes them look like flames, emphasizing the intensity and danger of the combat.