Shloka 31

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 29 — Arjuna’s defeat of Vṛṣaka–Acalā and the neutralization of Śakuni’s māyā

Devanagari script

देवानां दानवानां च अवध्यस्तनयोडस्तु मे । उपेतो वैष्णवास्त्रेण तन्मे त्वं दातुमहसि,“मेरा पुत्र वैष्णवास्त्रसे सम्पन्न होकर देवताओं और दानवोंके लिये अवध्य हो जाय, इसलिये आप कृपापूर्वक मुझे वह अपना अस्त्र प्रदान करें!

Transliteration

devānāṁ dānavānāṁ ca avadhyas tanayo 'stu me | upeto vaiṣṇavāstreṇa tan me tvaṁ dātum arhasi ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “May my son, endowed with the Vaiṣṇava weapon, become invulnerable to both gods and Dānavas. Therefore, out of favor, you ought to grant me that weapon of yours.”

Word by Word

देवानाम्of the gods

दानवानाम्of the Danavas (demons)

चand

अवध्यःinvulnerable, not to be slain

तनयःson

अस्तुlet (him) be

मेof me, my

उपेतःendowed with, furnished with

वैष्णव-अस्त्रेणby/with the Vaiṣṇava weapon

तत्that (weapon)

मेto me

त्वम्you

दातुम्to give

अर्हसिyou ought/are able (to)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

tanaya (the speaker’s son)

Devas

Dānavas

Vaiṣṇavāstra (Vaiṣṇava weapon)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes