Shloka 51
Adhyāya 168: Arjuna’s counters to māyā-rains and the onset of darkness
Nivātakavaca engagement
रौद्रमस्त्रं मदीयं त्वामुपस्थास्यति पाण्डव । प्रददौ च मम प्रीत: सो<स्त्रं पाशुपतं महत्,'पाण्डुकुमार! मेरा रौद्रास्त्र स्वयं तुम्हें प्राप्त हो जायगा। यह कहकर भगवान् पशुपतिने बड़ी प्रसन्नताके साथ मुझे अपना महान् पाशुपतास्त्र प्रदान किया
arjunа uvāca | raudram astraṁ madīyaṁ tvām upasthāsyati pāṇḍava | pradadau ca mama prītaḥ so 'straṁ pāśupataṁ mahat ||
“হে পাণ্ডৱ! মোৰ ৰৌদ্ৰাস্ত্ৰ স্বয়ং তোমাৰ অধিকাৰত আহিব।” এইদৰে কৈ, মোৰ ওপৰত প্ৰসন্ন ভগৱান পাশুপতিয়ে মোক তেওঁৰ মহান পাশুপতাস্ত্ৰ প্ৰদান কৰিলে।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Extraordinary power is portrayed as a sacred trust: it is granted through divine approval and disciplined conduct, and it must be governed by restraint and dharmic purpose rather than personal anger or ambition.
Arjuna recounts that Pāśupati (Śiva), pleased with him, declares that the Raudra weapon will come to him and then bestows the great Pāśupata Astra—marking Arjuna’s acquisition of a supreme divine weapon.