Shloka 466

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 94: Sātyaki–Sudarśana Yuddha (सात्यकि–सुदर्शन युद्ध)

Devanagari script

दिव्यमस्त्रं सुतस्तेडयं येनावध्यो भविष्यति । तब वरुणने प्रसन्न होकर कहा--“मैं इसके लिये हितकारक वरके रूपमें यह दिव्य अस्त्र प्रदान करता हूँ, जिसके द्वारा तुम्हारा यह पुत्र अवध्य होगा

Transliteration

divyam astraṃ sutas te ’yaṃ yenāvadhyo bhaviṣyati | tataḥ varuṇena prasannaḥ san uktam— “ahaṃ tasmai hitakārakaṃ vararūpeṇa idaṃ divyam astraṃ pradadāmi, yena tava eṣa putro ’vadhyo bhaviṣyati” |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Here is a divine weapon, by which your son will become invulnerable.” Then Varuṇa, pleased, declared: “For his welfare, as a boon, I grant this divine weapon; by it your son will be beyond being slain.”

Word by Word

दिव्यम्divine

अस्त्रम्weapon (missile)

सुतःson

तेof you / your

अयम्this

येनby which

अवध्यःinvulnerable / not to be slain

भविष्यतिwill become / will be

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Varuṇa

putra (son)

divya astra (divine weapon)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes