Ashvamedhika Parva Adhyaya 82 Shloka 11 - Mahabharata | French | Vedapath

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Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ततो गाण्डीवभृच्छूरो गाण्डीवप्रहितै: शरै: । चकार मोघांस्तान्‌ बाणान्‌ सयत्नान्‌ भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

tato gāṇḍīvabhṛcchūro gāṇḍīvaprahitaiḥ śaraiḥ | cakāra moghāṁs tān bāṇān sayatnān bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Alors le héros porteur de Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna), par des flèches décochées du Gāṇḍīva, rendit vaines toutes celles qui avaient été lancées avec tant d’effort — ô taureau parmi les Bhārata.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

गाण्डीवभृत्the bearer of Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna)

शूरःthe hero, the brave one

गाण्डीवप्रहितैःshot from the Gāṇḍīva

शरैःwith arrows

चकारmade, rendered

मोघान्fruitless, ineffective

तान्those

बाणान्arrows

सयत्नान्strenuously (shot), with effort

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna

Gāṇḍīva (bow)

arrows (śara/bāṇa)

Bharata (dynastic epithet in address: bharatarṣabha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that effectiveness in righteous action comes from disciplined mastery and composure. Mere strenuous effort (sayatna) is not enough; skill guided by duty can neutralize aggression without losing ethical restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Arjuna, wielding the Gāṇḍīva, counters and nullifies the opponent’s arrows—despite their being shot with great effort—by striking them down or otherwise rendering them ineffective.