Shloka 36

Devanagari script

दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि संचिन्त्य प्रसंधाय धनंजय: । स तैरस्त्रैर्महावेगैर्ददाह सुमहाबल:

Transliteration

divyāny astrāṇi saṃcintya prasaṃdhāya dhanaṃjayaḥ | sa tair astrair mahāvegair dadāha sumahābalaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Nachdem er die himmlischen Waffen im Geist herbeigerufen und sie auf seinen Bogen gelegt hatte, verbrannte Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), ein Krieger von gewaltiger Kraft, seine Feinde mit jenen Geschossen von ungeheurer Wucht.

Word by Word

दिव्यानिdivine

अस्त्राणिweapons (missiles)

संचिन्त्यhaving contemplated/considered

प्रसंधायhaving fixed/aimed (set on the bow)

धनंजयःDhanañjaya (Arjuna)

सःhe

तैःwith those

अस्त्रैःwith weapons (missiles)

महा-वेगैःof great speed/impetus

ददाहburned/consumed

सुमहा-बलःvery mighty

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

divine weapons (astrāṇi)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that immense, even divine, power must be exercised with disciplined intention; in war, such power brings swift destruction, so its use carries heavy moral responsibility within the framework of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Arjuna (Dhanañjaya) mentally invokes celestial weapon-mantras, sets them upon his bow, and with those high-velocity missiles burns/scorches the opposing forces.