Shloka 10

उत्तरो जयमावेदयति—विराटस्य हर्षः, द्यूतनिषेधः

Uttara’s Victory Report—Virāṭa’s Rejoicing and the Counsel Against Gambling

Devanagari script

यथा बलाहके विद्युत्‌ पावको वा शिलोच्चये । तथा गाण्डीवमभवदिन्द्रायुधमिवानतम्‌,जैसे मेघोंमें बिजली और पर्वतपर आगकी ज्वाला शोभा पाती है, उसी प्रकार अर्जुनके हाथमें गाण्डीव धनुष सुशोभित होता था। वह आकाशमें इन्द्रधनुष-सा झुका हुआ था

Transliteration

yathā balāhake vidyut pāvako vā śiloccaye | tathā gāṇḍīvam abhavad indrāyudham ivānatam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “As lightning gleams within a rain-cloud, or as fire shines upon a rocky peak, so did the Gāṇḍīva bow appear—resplendent in Arjuna’s hand—arched like Indra’s rainbow in the sky.”

Word by Word

यथाjust as

बलाहकेin a cloud

विद्युत्lightning

पावकःfire

वाor

शिलोच्चयेon a rocky height / mountain

तथाso, in the same way

गाण्डीवम्Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna's bow)

अभवत्was, became

इन्द्रायुधम्Indra's weapon (rainbow)

इवlike, as if

आनतम्bent, curved

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Gāṇḍīva

Arjuna

Indra

Indrāyudha (rainbow)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes