Shloka 12
Arjuna Confronted by Saindhava Forces during the Aśvamedha Circuit (श्वेतवाहनस्य सैन्धवसंघर्षः)
Devanagari script
ततस्तं॑ वारणं क्रुद्ध: शरजालेन पाण्डव: । निवारयामास तदा वेलेव मकरालयम्
Transliteration
tatas taṁ vāraṇaṁ kruddhaḥ śarajālena pāṇḍavaḥ | nivārayāmāsa tadā veleva makarālayam ||
Translation
વૈશંપાયન બોલ્યા—પછી ક્રોધથી ભરાયેલા પાંડવ અર્જુને બાણોના જાળથી તે હાથીને એમ અટકાવ્યો, જેમ કિનારો મકરાલય સમુદ્રને અટકાવે છે।
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
तम्him/that (one)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वारणम्elephant
वारणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवारण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
क्रुद्धःangry
क्रुद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुद्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शरजालेनwith a net/mass of arrows
शरजालेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशरजाल
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
पाण्डवःthe Pandava (Arjuna)
पाण्डवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निवारयामासchecked, restrained, stopped
निवारयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-√वृ (वारयति)
FormPerfect (Periphrastic perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
तदाat that time
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
वेलाshore, coast
वेला:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवेला
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
मकरालयम्the sea (abode of makaras)
मकरालयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमकरालय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaP
Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)E
elephant (vāraṇa)A
arrows (śara)S
sea (makarālaya)S
shoreline (velā)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Power must be governed by restraint and purpose: even when anger arises, the warrior’s action is to contain harm and uphold order (dharma), not to unleash uncontrolled violence.
An enraged elephant charges, and Arjuna (the Pāṇḍava) halts its advance by showering it with a dense ‘net’ of arrows, compared to the shore holding back the surging sea.