Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ततस्तु तं वै शरमप्रमेयं गाण्डीवधन्वा धनुषि व्ययोजयत्‌ । युकत्वा महास्त्रेण परेण चाप॑ं विकृष्य गाण्डीवमुवाच सत्वरम्‌,तत्पश्चात्‌ गाण्डीवधारी अर्जुनने उस अप्रमेय शक्तिशाली बाणको धनुषपर रखा और उसे उत्तम एवं महान्‌ दिव्यास्त्रसे अभिमन्त्रित करके तुरंत ही गाण्डीवको खींचते हुए कहा --

Transliteration

tatastu taṃ vai śaram aprameyaṃ gāṇḍīvadhanvā dhanuṣi vyayojayat | yuktvā mahāstreṇa pareṇa cāpaṃ vikṛṣya gāṇḍīvam uvāca satvaram ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Arjuna, the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva, set upon his bow an immeasurably powerful arrow. Having empowered the bow with a supreme great weapon-mantra, he drew the Gāṇḍīva and spoke at once—signaling a decisive, duty-bound resolve amid the moral gravity of battle.

Word by Word

ततःthen/from there

तुbut/indeed

तम्him/that (one)

वैindeed

शरम्arrow

अप्रमेयम्immeasurable, unfathomable

गाण्डीवधन्वाthe wielder of Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna)

धनुषिon/in the bow

व्ययोजयत्he fitted/placed (joined)

युक्त्वाhaving yoked/applied

महास्त्रेणwith a great weapon/astric missile

परेणwith the supreme/other (one)

चand

चापम्bow

विकृष्यhaving drawn (back)

गाण्डीवम्Gāṇḍīva (the bow)

उवाचhe said

सत्वरम्quickly, hastily

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

Gāṇḍīva (bow)

śara (arrow)

mahāstra/astra (divine weapon)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes