Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ततः प्रयत्नमातिष्ठदाचार्यस्तस्य वारणे । न चास्यास्त्राणि राजेन्द्र प्रादुगासन्महात्मन:,राजेन्द्र! तदनन्तर आचार्यने उस अस्त्रको रोकनेका प्रयत्न किया, परंतु उन महात्माके अन्तःकरणमें वे दिव्यास्त्र पूर्ववत्‌ प्रकट न हो सके

Transliteration

tataḥ prayatnam ātiṣṭhad ācāryas tasya vāraṇe | na cāsyāstrāṇi rājendra prādugāsan mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Thereupon the Teacher (Droṇa) exerted himself to check it; yet, O king, the divine weapons did not manifest again within that great-souled warrior as they had before. The moment underscores how, in the turmoil of war, even the might of celestial arms can fail when inner steadiness, favor, or the requisite spiritual condition is absent.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

प्रयत्नम्effort

आतिष्ठत्undertook, set about

आचार्यःthe teacher (Droṇa)

तस्यof him/that (of that one)

वारणेin stopping; in the act of restraining

नnot

चand

अस्यof him

अस्त्राणिweapons (divine missiles)

राजेन्द्रO best of kings

प्रादुःmanifest, forth

आसन्were

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇācārya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

divyāstrāṇi (celestial weapons)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes