Shloka 333

उपायैः पूर्ववधकथनम् / Strategic Justifications for Prior Eliminations

Devanagari script

सम्पतन्तो व्यदृश्यन्त भ्राजमाना इवाग्नय: । वहाँ चारों ओर गिरते हुए ऋष्टि, शक्ति, गदा, बाण, मूसल, प्रास और पट्टिश आदि अस्त्र आगके अंगारोंके समान प्रकाशित दिखायी देते थे

Transliteration

sampatanto vyadṛśyanta bhrājamānā ivāgnayaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Tandis que les armes pleuvaient de toutes parts, on les voyait flamboyer comme des feux. Rṣṭi, śakti, massues, flèches, mūsala, lances prāsa et haches paṭṭiśa, et bien d’autres, en tombant, luisaient tels des tisons ardents.

Word by Word

सम्पतन्तःfalling down, rushing down

व्यदृश्यन्तwere seen, appeared

भ्राजमानाःshining, blazing

इवlike, as if

अग्नयःfires

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

weapons (ṛṣṭi, śakti, gadā, bāṇa, mūsala, prāsa, paṭṭiśa)

fire (agni)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses the simile of fire to show how battle magnifies human aggression into a consuming force: what appears brilliant and heroic can quickly become indiscriminate destruction, making ethical restraint (dharma) difficult yet crucial.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a fierce exchange in which many kinds of weapons are falling all around; their gleam makes them look like flames, emphasizing the intensity and danger of the combat.