Shloka 2

Kuru-Sainika-Āśvāsana and Vijayaghoṣaṇa

Reassuring the Kuru Soldiers; Proclaiming Victory

Devanagari script

स सायकमयैरजललै: सर्वतस्तान्‌ महारथान्‌ | प्राच्छादयदमेयात्मा नीहारेणेव पर्वतान्‌

Transliteration

sa sāyakamayair ajālaiḥ sarvatas tān mahārathān | prācchādayad ameyātmā nīhāreṇeva parvatān |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Mit unermesslicher innerer Kraft begabt, spannte der Sohn der Kuntī nach allen Seiten ein netzgleiches Geflecht von Pfeilen aus und verhüllte jene großen Wagenkrieger vollständig—wie Berge von einer Bank aus Nebel umschleiert werden. Das Bild betont disziplinierte Tüchtigkeit: Gewalt wird mit Meisterschaft und Zügelung eingesetzt, nicht als blinde Wut, um den Gegner zu bezwingen, ohne die Fassung zu verlieren.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सायकमयैः: made of arrows
• सायकमयैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सायकमय
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• जालैः: with nets (masses)
• जालैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सर्वतः: on all sides
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महारथान्: great chariot-warriors
• महारथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्राच्छादयत्: covered, concealed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + छद्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अमेयात्मा: of immeasurable might/spirit
• अमेयात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमेयात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नीहारेण: with mist, by fog
• नीहारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीहार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पर्वतान्: mountains
• पर्वतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kuntīputra (son of Kuntī)
• mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)
• arrows (sāyaka)
• net (jāla)
• mist/fog (nīhāra)
• mountains (parvata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power guided by control and skill is portrayed as superior to uncontrolled violence: the hero’s disciplined mastery can overwhelm many opponents efficiently, reflecting kṣatriya-dharma executed with steadiness of mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

The son of Kuntī unleashes a dense, net-like shower of arrows from all directions, effectively blanketing the assembled great chariot-warriors, compared to mountains disappearing under thick mist.