Shloka 76

Devanagari script

आदिश्यादिश्य तेजस्वी शिरांस्येषां न्यपातयत्‌ | गान्धारोंके द्वारा रोके जानेपर भी तेजस्वी वीर पाण्डुनन्दन अर्जुन उनके नाम ले-लेकर मस्तक काटने और गिराने लगे

Transliteration

ādiśyādiśya tejasvī śirāṃsy eṣāṃ nyapātayat | gāndhārāṅkena dvārā roke jānepar bhī tejasvī vīra pāṇḍunandana arjuna unke nāma le-lekara mastaka kāṭane aura girāne lage |

Translation

বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—তেজস্বী বীৰে সিহঁতক একে একে দেখুৱাই দেখুৱাই মস্তক ছেদন কৰি পেলাবলৈ ধৰিলে। গাণ্ডাৰসকলে বাধা দিলেও পাণ্ডুনন্দন অৰ্জুনে নাম ধৰি ধৰি শিৰচ্ছেদ কৰি ভূমিত পেলাই থাকিল।

Word by Word

आदिश्यhaving ordered

आदिश्यhaving repeatedly ordered

तेजस्वीthe radiant/valiant one

शिरांसिheads

एषाम्of these (men)

न्यपातयत्caused to fall / struck down

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna

Pāṇḍu

Gāndhāra (Gandhāran prince/figure)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the moral strain that can arise when martial duty turns into relentless vengeance: even a righteous warrior must be checked by restraint, otherwise justified punishment risks becoming uncontrolled violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Arjuna, blazing with power, identifies opponents one by one and cuts off their heads; although a Gandhāran figure tries to restrain him, Arjuna continues, calling them by name as he strikes.