Shloka 12

Adhyāya 41 — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Briefing and the Renewal of the Great Engagement

Devanagari script

अस्त्र॑ ततो<न्यत्‌ प्रतिपन्नमद्य येन क्षेप्स्थे समरे शत्रुपूगान्‌ । प्रतापिनं बलवन्तं कृतास्त्रं तमुग्रधन्चानममितौजसं च

Transliteration

astra tato 'nyat pratipannam adya yena kṣepsyathe samare śatru-pūgān | pratāpinaṃ balavantaṃ kṛtāstraṃ tam ugra-dhanvānam amitaujasaṃ ca ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Now you have taken up another weapon—by which you intend, in the press of battle, to strike down the enemy ranks. That warrior is mighty and powerful, fully trained in the use of arms, a fierce archer, and of immeasurable energy.”

Word by Word

अस्त्रम्weapon, missile

ततःthen, thereafter

अन्यत्another (one)

प्रतिपन्नम्obtained, taken up, resorted to

अद्यtoday, now

येनby which

क्षेप्स्यसेyou will hurl/throw

समरेin battle

शत्रुपूगान्masses/troops of enemies

प्रतापिनम्mighty, valorous

बलवन्तम्strong

कृतास्त्रम्one who has mastered weapons (trained in arms)

तम्him

उग्रधन्वानम्fierce-bowed, having a terrible bow

अमितौजसम्of immeasurable might

चand

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

weapon (astra)

enemy hosts (śatru-pūga)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes