Shloka 22

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 45: Saubhadra–Lakṣmaṇa-saṃyoga and Kaurava Counter-Encirclement

Devanagari script

अर्जुनेन तपस्तप्त्वा गन्धर्वेभ्यो यदाह्नतम्‌ । तुम्बुरुप्रमुखेभ्यो वै तेनामोहयताहितान्‌,अर्जुनने तपस्या करके तुम्बुरु आदि गन्धर्वोंसे जो अस्त्र प्राप्त किया था, उसीसे अभिमन्युने अपने शत्रुओंको मोहित कर दिया

Transliteration

arjunena tapastaptvā gandharvebhyo yad āhṛtam | tumburupramukhebhyo vai tenāmohayatāhitān ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: The weapon that Arjuna had obtained from the Gandharvas—chief among them Tumburu—after performing austerities, was employed by Abhimanyu to bewilder his foes. Thus, the fruit of disciplined striving and divine instruction became, in the midst of war, a means to check hostile aggression without mere brute force.

Word by Word

अर्जुनेनby Arjuna

तपःausterity, penance

तप्त्वाhaving performed (austerity)

गन्धर्वेभ्यःfrom the Gandharvas

यत्which

आहृतम्brought/obtained

तुम्बुरु-प्रमुखेभ्यःfrom those headed by Tumburu

वैindeed

तेनby that (weapon/means)

अमोहयत्bewildered, deluded

आहितान्arrayed/placed (i.e., stationed foes)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

Abhimanyu

Gandharvas

Tumburu

astra (divine weapon)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes