Shloka 19

Devanagari script

यदापकृष्ट: स रथानन्यासितकश्चायुधं भुवि । ततो नारायणान्त्र तत्‌ प्रशान्तं शत्रुतापनम्‌,जब ये रथसे उतर गये और उनसे अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंको भूमिपर रखवा लिया गया, तब वह शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाला नारायणास्त्र स्वयं प्रशान्त हो गया

Transliteration

yad apākṛṣṭaḥ sa rathān anyāsitakaś cāyudhaṁ bhuvi | tato nārāyaṇāstraṁ tat praśāntaṁ śatrutāpanam ||

Translation

قال سنجيا: لما انسحب، وترجّل المحاربون عن عرباتهم ووضعوا أسلحتهم على الأرض، هدأ سلاح نارايانا—الذي كان شديد الفتك في تعذيب الأعداء—من تلقاء نفسه.

Word by Word

यदाwhen

अपकृष्टःwithdrawn, drawn back

सःhe/that (it)

रथात्from the chariot

अन्यासितकःhaving dismounted / made to get down

चand

आयुधम्weapon

भुविon the ground

ततःthen, thereafter

नारायणास्त्रम्the Narayana weapon (Narayana-astra)

तत्that (weapon)

प्रशान्तम्calmed, pacified

शत्रुतापनम्tormenting enemies

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Nārāyaṇāstra

chariots (ratha)

weapons (āyudha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, dharmic restraint—symbolized by dismounting and laying down weapons—can avert catastrophic violence; some forces yield not to counter-force but to humility and compliance with higher law.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the Nārāyaṇāstra is unleashed, the warriors withdraw, get down from their chariots, and place their weapons on the ground; seeing this non-resistance, the divine missile becomes pacified and ceases its destructive action.