Shloka 25

आचार्य-क्षमा, देśa–kāla-नīti, तथा भेद-दोषः

Teacher-Reconciliation, Timing-Policy, and the Fault of Factionalism

Devanagari script

शस्त्राणि न प्रकाशन्ते प्रहृष्पन्ति वाजिन: । अग्नयश्व न भासन्ते समिद्धास्तन्न शोभनम्‌

Transliteration

śastrāṇi na prakāśante prahṛṣyanti vājināḥ | agnayaś ca na bhāsante samiddhās tan na śobhanam ||

Translation

Droṇa observes ominous signs: the weapons fail to shine, the horses grow strangely excited, and even the kindled fires do not blaze with their usual radiance. Such portents, he implies, are inauspicious—suggesting a disturbance in the moral and cosmic order that should restrain rash action and invite caution before violence is pursued.

Word by Word

शस्त्राणिweapons

नnot

प्रकाशन्तेshine/appear bright

प्रहृष्यन्तिrejoice/exult

वाजिनःhorses

अग्नयःfires

चand

नnot

भासन्तेshine

समिद्धाःkindled, blazing

तत्that

नnot

शोभनम्auspicious/beautiful (a good sign)

Speaker

द्रोण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Droṇa

weapons (śastra)

horses (vājin)

fires (agni)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes