Shloka 23

मुद्गलोपाख्यानम् — व्रीहिद्रोणदानं, दुर्वाससः परीक्षा, स्वर्गगुणप्रश्नः

Mudgala Episode: Rice-measure Charity, Durvāsas’ Test, Inquiry on Heaven

Devanagari script

अस्त्राणि तस्य दिव्यानि सम्प्रयुक्तानि सर्वश: । दिव्यैरस्त्रैस्तदा वीर: पर्यवारयदर्जुन:,उस समय उन्होंने जिन-जिन दिव्यास्त्रोंका प्रयोग किया, उन सबको वीर अर्जुनने अपने दिव्य अस्त्रोंद्वारा शान्त कर दिया

Transliteration

astrāṇi tasya divyāni samprayuktāni sarvaśaḥ | divyair astrair tadā vīraḥ paryavārayad arjunaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: When his celestial weapons were unleashed in every possible way, the heroic Arjuna, at that moment, neutralized them all by countering with his own divine missiles—showing disciplined mastery rather than reckless destruction.

Word by Word

अस्त्राणिweapons, missiles

तस्यof him

दिव्यानिdivine

सम्प्रयुक्तानिemployed, discharged

सर्वशःin every way; entirely

दिव्यैःwith divine (ones)

अस्त्रैःwith weapons/missiles

तदाthen

वीरःthe hero

पर्यवारयत्warded off, countered, checked

अर्जुनःArjuna

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna

divyāstra (celestial weapons)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes