Shloka 31

Devanagari script

तस्यास्थिभिरथो शक्र: सम्प्रहृष्टमनास्तदा । कारयामास दिव्यानि नानाप्रहरणानि च

Transliteration

tasyāsthibir atho śakraḥ samprahṛṣṭamanās tadā | kārayāmāsa divyāni nānāpraharāṇāni ca ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then Śakra (Indra), his heart brimming with delight, had various divine weapons fashioned from that one’s bones.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अस्थिभिः: with bones
• अस्थिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्प्रहृष्टमनाः: having a delighted mind
• सम्प्रहृष्टमनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्प्रहृष्टमनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• कारयामास: caused to be made / had made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (णिच्)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic Perfect), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दिव्यानि: divine
• दिव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• नाना-प्रहरणानि: various weapons
• नाना-प्रहरणानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना + प्रहरण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śakra (Indra)
• asthi (bones)
• divya praharaṇa (divine weapons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a recurring Mahābhārata ethic: great power and protection often arise from prior sacrifice and accumulated merit. Even divine weaponry is portrayed as rooted in a morally charged source, implying that force in war is not merely technical but connected to dharma, austerity, and earned potency.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Indra (Śakra), pleased, commissions the making of many celestial weapons using the bones of a particular being previously mentioned in the surrounding context. The line functions as a brief etiological note explaining the origin of certain divine armaments.