Shloka 216

Sauptika-parva Adhyāya 13 — Bhīmasena’s Pursuit of Drauṇi and the Release of a Divine Astra

Devanagari script

सर्वलोकप्रमोहार्थ तदस्त्र॑ प्रमुमोच ह । नृपश्रेष्ठ ऐसा कहकर प्रतापी द्रोणपुत्रने सम्पूर्ण लोकोंको मोहमें डालनेके लिये वह अस्त्र छोड़ दिया

Transliteration

sarvalokapramohārthaṃ tad astraṃ pramumoca ha |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: With the intent to bewilder and confound all beings, he then released that weapon. The act signals a deliberate escalation in warfare—using a force meant not merely to defeat an opponent but to overwhelm the moral and mental order of the world itself.

Word by Word

• सर्वलोकप्रमोहार्थम्: for the purpose of deluding all worlds
• सर्वलोकप्रमोहार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वलोकप्रमोह + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अस्त्रम्: weapon; missile
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रमुमोच: released; let loose
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ह: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• astra (divine/supernatural weapon)