Shloka 25

Devanagari script

हते तस्मिज्जलौघास्तु प्रादुरासन्‌ भयानका: । अम्भसस्तस्य नाशार्थमादित्यास्त्रमथार्जुन:

Transliteration

hate tasmiñ jalaughās tu prādurāsan bhayānakāḥ | ambhasas tasya nāśārtham ādityāstram athārjunaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: When he had been slain, terrifying torrents of water suddenly arose. Then Arjuna, in order to destroy that mass of water, employed the Āditya weapon. The episode underscores how, in the chaos of war, countermeasures must be guided by discernment—using power not for excess, but to neutralize imminent harm.

Word by Word

• हते: when (he/it) was slain
• हते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in/when that (was the case)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जलौघाः: floods/streams of water
• जलौघाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलौघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• प्रादुरासन्: appeared/arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु) with प्रादुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• भयानकाः: terrifying
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयानक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अम्भसः: of the water
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of that/its
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नाशार्थम्: for the destruction
• नाशार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आदित्यास्त्रम्: the Āditya weapon (Sun-weapon)
• आदित्यास्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य + अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Ādityāstra (solar weapon)
• jalaugha (torrents/floods of water)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid violent conflict, power should be applied proportionately and purposefully: Arjuna uses a specific counter-weapon to remove an immediate threat (the terrifying flood), illustrating disciplined action rather than uncontrolled destruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a combatant is slain, dreadful torrents of water manifest on the battlefield. To neutralize this watery onslaught, Arjuna deploys the Āditya-astra, a solar divine weapon, to destroy or dry up the threatening mass of water.