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Shloka 40

अध्याय ५८ — वानरध्वजस्य महेन्द्रास्त्रप्रयोगः

Chapter 58: Arjuna’s Deployment of the Indra-Weapon

जिनकी मन-बुद्धि अमेय है, उन द्रोणने अपने विचित्र धनुषसे छूटे हुए सुवर्णमय पंखोंवाले बाणोंद्वारा सम्पूर्ण दिशाओं तथा सूर्यके प्रकाशको भी ढक दिया ।। ततः कनकपुड्खानां शराणां नतपर्वणाम्‌ | वियच्चराणां वियति दृश्यन्ते बहवो व्रजा:,उस समय सोनेकी पाँख और झुकी हुई गाँठवाले आकाशचारी बाणोंके बहुत-से समुदाय आकाशमें दृष्टिगोचर हो रहे थे

tataḥ kanakapucchānāṃ śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām | viyaccarāṇāṃ viyati dṛśyante bahavo vrajāḥ ||

ત્યારે સોનાની પાંખવાળા, વાંકા સાંધાવાળા, આકાશમાં દોડતા બાણોના અનેક ઝુંડ આકાશમાં દેખાવા લાગ્યા.

ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
कनकपुड्खानाम्of (arrows) having golden feathers
कनकपुड्खानाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootकनकपुड्ख
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
शराणाम्of arrows
शराणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootशर
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
नतपर्वणाम्of those with bent joints/knots
नतपर्वणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootनतपर्वन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
वियच्चराणाम्of sky-moving (flying)
वियच्चराणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootवियच्चर
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
वियतिin the sky
वियति:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवियत्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
दृश्यन्तेare seen/appear
दृश्यन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPresent, Atmanepada (passive-like sense), Third, Plural
बहवःmany
बहवः:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
व्रजाःgroups/hosts (clusters)
व्रजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootव्रज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
Ś
śarāḥ (arrows)
V
viyat (sky)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the awe-inspiring power of disciplined martial skill and the intensity of battle; ethically, it points to the grave weight of kṣatriya action—prowess can dominate the world of perception, so it must be governed by dharma and restraint.

A combatant’s archery produces countless arrows with golden fletching; these flights of arrows fill the sky and become clearly visible as dense clusters, suggesting that the battlefield is being overwhelmed by a storm of missiles.