Shloka 24

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ कूजति गाण्डीवं विसृष्टं सव्यसाचिना । एते हस्तवता मुक्ता घ्नन्त्यमित्रान्‌ शिता: शरा:,“यह सव्यसाचीके द्वारा खींचा गया गाण्डीव धनुष टंकार रहा है, सिद्धहस्त अर्जुनके छोड़े हुए ये पैने बाण शत्रुओंका विनाश कर रहे हैं

Transliteration

etat kūjati gāṇḍīvaṁ visṛṣṭaṁ savyasācinā | ete hastavatā muktā ghnanty amitrān śitāḥ śarāḥ ||

Translation

This Gāṇḍīva bow, released and set in motion by the ambidextrous archer, is resounding. And these keen arrows—loosed by the master of the hand—are striking down the foes.

Word by Word

एतत्this

कूजतिresounds, twangs

गाण्डीवम्Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna's bow)

विसृष्टम्released, let go

सव्यसाचिनाby Savyasācin (Arjuna)

एतेthese

हस्तवताby the skilled-handed one

मुक्ताःreleased, shot

घ्नन्तिstrike down, slay

अमित्रान्enemies

शिताःsharp

शराःarrows

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna (Savyasācin)

Gāṇḍīva (bow)

śarāḥ (arrows)

amitrāḥ (enemies/foes)

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 disciplined prowess and purposeful action in battle: skill (hastavatā, savyasācinā) is not mere display but is directed toward the legitimate defeat of hostile forces within the war’s dharmic framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna draws and releases the Gāṇḍīva; its twang is heard as he shoots sharp arrows that cut down enemy warriors, marking an intense moment of battlefield momentum.