Shloka 39

Virāṭa’s Conciliation and Uttara’s Account of the Unseen Champion

Bṛhannadā/Arjuna

Devanagari script

नेदं मनुष्या: संदध्युर्न हीदं तेषु विद्यते । पौराणानां महास्त्राणां विचित्रो5यं समागम:,“दूसरे मनुष्य इस दिव्यास्त्रका संधान नहीं कर सकते; क्योंकि यह अस्त्र दूसरे मनुष्योंके पास है ही नहीं। यहाँ प्राचीनकालके बड़े-बड़े अस्त्रोंका यह अद्भुत समागम हुआ है

Translation

“Other men could not set and discharge this divine weapon, for such a missile is not found in their possession. Here, indeed, is a wondrous convergence of the great weapons of ancient times.”

Word by Word

नnot

इदम्this (thing/act)

मनुष्याःmen, humans

संदध्युःcould/should fit together, could employ (an astric conjunction)

नnot

हिindeed, for

इदम्this (thing)

तेषुin them, among them

विद्यतेexists, is found

पौराणानाम्of the ancient/primeval

महास्त्राणाम्of the great weapons (divine missiles)

विचित्रःwonderful, extraordinary

अयम्this

समागमःmeeting, convergence, assemblage

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes