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Shloka 25

Virāṭa’s Conciliation and Uttara’s Account of the Unseen Champion

Bṛhannadā/Arjuna

नायं युक्तो मनुष्येषु यो5यं संदृश्यते महान्‌ । महास्त्राणां सम्प्रयोग: समरे भीष्मपार्थयो:,'भीष्म और पार्थके युद्धमें जो यह बड़े-बड़े दिव्यास्त्रोंका महान्‌ प्रयोग देखा जा रहा है, यह मजनुष्योंमें अन्यत्र कहीं सम्भव नहीं है”

na ayaṁ yukto manuṣyeṣu yo ’yaṁ saṁdṛśyate mahān | mahāstrāṇāṁ samprayogaḥ samare bhīṣma-pārthayoḥ ||

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Dieses gewaltige Schauspiel, das man hier erblickt, ist unter gewöhnlichen Menschen nicht möglich. In der Schlacht zwischen Bhīṣma und Pārtha kommt es zum ungeheuren Einsatz großer himmlischer Waffen—ein Vorgang, der anderswo in der Menschenwelt kaum vorstellbar ist.“

nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
ayamthis
ayam:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootidam
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
yuktaḥpossible/appropriate
yuktaḥ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootyukta
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
manuṣyeṣuamong men
manuṣyeṣu:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootmanuṣya
Formmasculine, locative, plural
yaḥwhich/that (he/that which)
yaḥ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootyad
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
ayamthis
ayam:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootidam
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
saṃdṛśyateis seen/appears
saṃdṛśyate:
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ-dṛś
Formpresent, passive (ātmanepada form), third, singular
mahāngreat
mahān:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
mahāstrāṇāmof great weapons (divine missiles)
mahāstrāṇām:
TypeNoun
Rootmahāstra
Formneuter, genitive, plural
samprayogaḥapplication/usage
samprayogaḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootsamprayoga
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
samarein battle
samare:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootsamara
Formmasculine, locative, singular
bhīṣma-pārthayoḥof Bhīṣma and Pārtha (Arjuna)
bhīṣma-pārthayoḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootbhīṣma + pārtha
Formmasculine, genitive, dual

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
B
Bhīṣma
P
Pārtha (Arjuna)
M
mahāstra (divine weapons)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the extraordinary, almost superhuman scale of dharmic warfare when great heroes employ divinely empowered weapons; it invites ethical reflection on the awe and peril of such power, which lies beyond ordinary human capacity.

Vaiśampāyana narrates that an exceptional battle-scene is unfolding: Bhīṣma and Arjuna (Pārtha) are engaging with the intense use of great celestial weapons, a spectacle not normally possible among humans.