Shloka 25

Kailāsa-darśana, Badarī-vāsa, and Sarasvatī–Dvaitavana Transition (कैलासदर्शन–बदरीवास–सरस्वतीद्वैतवनगमनम्)

Devanagari script

ततो<हं शरवर्षेण महता कुरुनन्दन मार्गमावृत्य दैत्यानां गतिं चैषामवारयम्‌,कुरुनन्दन! तब मैं बाणोंकी भारी बौछार करके दैत्योंका मार्ग रोक लिया और उनकी गति कुण्ठित कर दी

Transliteration

tato 'haṃ śaravarṣeṇa mahatā kurunandana mārgaṃ āvṛtya daityānāṃ gatiṃ caiṣām avārayam

Translation

Then, O joy of the Kurus, I covered the way with a great shower of arrows and checked the Daityas—blocking their advance and breaking the momentum of their movement.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• शरवर्षेण: with a shower of arrows
• शरवर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष (शर + वर्ष)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great, mighty
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कुरुनन्दन: O joy of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मार्गम्: path, way
• मार्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आवृत्य: having covered/blocked
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√वृ (वृणोति/वर्तते) → आवृत्य
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), Parasmaipada (usage)

• दैत्यानाम्: of the Daityas (demons)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• गतिम्: movement, course
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• एषाम्: of these (of them)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• अवारयम्: I restrained, I checked
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√वृ (वारयति)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Kurunandana (addressed person)
• Daityas
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Force, when guided by dharma, is portrayed as protective restraint: the warrior’s duty is not mere aggression but the disciplined prevention of harm by stopping destructive forces.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna describes how he unleashed a heavy volley of arrows to block the Daityas’ route, halting their advance and preventing them from proceeding further.