Shloka 276

Adhyāya 104 — Śikhaṇḍin-puraskāraḥ (Śikhaṇḍin as Vanguard) and Bhīṣma’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

सर्वस्त्रविदमेयात्मा वारयामास फाल्गुनि: । उस राक्षसने और भी बहुत-सी जिन-जिन मायाओंका प्रयोग किया, उन सबको सम्पूर्ण अस्त्रोंके ज्ञाता अनन्त आत्मबलसे सम्पन्न अभिमन्युने नष्ट कर दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | sarvāstravid ameyātmā vārayāmāsa phālguniḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Abhimanyu—master of every weapon and of immeasurable spirit—checked and repelled those deceptive assaults. Whatever further illusory stratagems that rākṣasa employed, Abhimanyu, endowed with inexhaustible inner strength and complete knowledge of arms, destroyed them all.

Word by Word

• सर्वास्त्रविद्: knower of all weapons
• सर्वास्त्रविद्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + अस्त्र + विद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अमेयात्मा: one whose self/strength is immeasurable
• अमेयात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमेय + आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वारयामास: checked, restrained, warded off
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारय् (√वृ, causative)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular

• फाल्गुनिः: Phalguni (Arjuna)
• फाल्गुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुनि (अर्जुन/पार्थ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Abhimanyu
• Rākṣasa (demonic adversary)
• Astra (weapons/missiles)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True strength in a dharmic conflict is not mere aggression but disciplined mastery and clarity: knowledge of right means (astra-vidyā) and steadfast inner power can neutralize deception (māyā) without losing composure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that Abhimanyu, described as a master of all weapons and of immeasurable spirit, repels the enemy’s illusory tricks; as the rākṣasa employs more māyās, Abhimanyu counters and destroys them through superior martial knowledge and inner strength.