Shloka 32

Devanagari script

एवं वरमहं श्रुत्वा जगत्यास्तनये तदा । अमोघमस्त्रं प्रायच्छ॑ वैष्णवं परमं पुरा,“उस समय पृथ्वीके मुँहसे अपने पुत्रके लिये इस प्रकार याचना सुनकर मैंने पूर्वकालमें अपना परम उत्तम अमोघ वैष्णव-अस्त्र उसे दे दिया

Transliteration

evaṁ varam ahaṁ śrutvā jagatyās tanaye tadā | amogham astraṁ prāyacchaṁ vaiṣṇavaṁ paramaṁ purā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Having heard the Earth request such a boon for her son, I formerly bestowed upon him the supreme Vaiṣṇava weapon—unfailing in its effect.”

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

वरम्a boon

अहम्I

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

जगत्याःof the Earth (world)

तनयेto (her) son

तदाthen, at that time

अमोघम्unfailing

अस्त्रम्weapon (missile)

प्रायच्छम्I gave, bestowed

वैष्णवम्of Viṣṇu; Vaiṣṇava

परमम्supreme, excellent

पुराformerly, in earlier times

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Jagatī (Earth, personified)

Vaiṣṇava-astra (weapon of Viṣṇu)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral weight of granting power: a boon requested on behalf of another—especially by a cosmic figure like the Earth—can lead to the transfer of immense, unfailing force. It implicitly raises the ethical demand that such divine weapons be governed by restraint and responsibility, not merely by entitlement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates a past event: after hearing the Earth (Jagatī) plead for a boon for her son, he (the narrator) gave that son the supreme Vaiṣṇava astra, described as amogha—unfailing in effect.