Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तदन्तरमथाधृष्यावुपगम्य यशस्विनौ । आस्तामृषिवरीौ तत्र ज्वलिताविव पावकौ,उन अस्त्रोंके बीचमें आकर वे दुर्धर्ष एवं यशस्वी महर्षिप्रवर दो प्रज्वलित अग्नियोंके समान वहाँ स्थित हो गये इति श्रीमहाभारते सौप्तिकपर्वणि ऐषीकपर्वणि अर्जुनास्त्रत्यागे चतुर्दशो5ध्याय: ।। १४ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत सौप्तिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत ऐषीकपर्वमें अर्जुनिके द्वारा ब्रह्मास्रका प्रयोगविषयक चौदहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

tadantaram athādhṛṣyāv upagamya yaśasvinau | āstām ṛṣivarī tau tatra jvalitāv iva pāvakau ||

Translation

પછી તે ભયંકર અવકાશમાં, અદમ્ય અને યશસ્વી એવા તે બે ઋષિપ્રવર આગળ આવી ત્યાં ઊભા રહ્યા—જાણે બે પ્રજ્વલિત અગ્નિ હોય તેમ।

Word by Word

तत्that

अन्तरम्interval; in-between space/time

अथthen; now

अधृष्यौunassailable; irresistible

उपगम्यhaving approached

यशस्विनौglorious; renowned

आस्ताम्they stood; they remained

ऋषिवर्यौthe best of sages

तत्रthere

ज्वलितौblazing; aflame

इवlike; as if

पावकौtwo fires

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

two sages (ṛṣivarau)

divine weapons (astra)

fire (pāvaka)

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?

Even in war, power must be governed by dharma. When weapons capable of indiscriminate destruction are unleashed, higher moral authority—embodied by sages—intervenes to enforce restraint and prevent adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

At a critical moment amid the deployment of astras, two eminent, unconquerable sages arrive and stand between the forces, described as blazing like two fires—indicating their formidable spiritual presence and their role in checking escalation.