Shloka 72

अर्जुनागमनम्

Arjuna’s Arrival and Reunion on the Sacred Mountain

Devanagari script

दीप्यमानं महाशूलं प्रगृह्ा मणिमानपि

Transliteration

dīpyamānaṃ mahāśūlaṃ pragṛhya maṇimān api

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Er ergriff einen gewaltigen Speer, der in strahlendem Glanz loderte—auch noch mit Edelsteinen geschmückt—und rüstete sich zu einer entscheidenden Tat; das Leuchten der Waffe hob die Schwere des Augenblicks und den Willen hervor, Kraft mit Kraft zu begegnen.

Word by Word

• दीप्यमानम्: blazing, shining
• दीप्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप् (दीप्यते) → दीप्यमान (वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महाशूलम्: a great spear/trident
• महाशूलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाशूल (महा + शूल)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रगृह्य: having seized/taken up
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (गृह्णाति) उपसर्ग: प्र-
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• मणिमान्: jewel-adorned; possessing gems
• मणिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मणिमत् (प्रातिपदिक: मणि + मतुप्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• mahāśūla (great spear)
• maṇi (jewels)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights readiness and resolve in confronting danger: when conflict becomes unavoidable, one must act with steadiness and purpose. The radiant, jewel-adorned weapon symbolizes both power and the weight of responsibility that accompanies force.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a figure taking up a blazing, jewel-adorned great spear, signaling imminent combat or a decisive confrontation within the episode being recounted in Vana Parva.