Shloka 44

Adhyāya 123 — Droṇa’s Pedagogy: Arjuna’s Preeminence, Ekalavya’s Self-Training, and the Bhāsa-Lakṣya Trial

Devanagari script

एष युद्धे महादेवं तोषयिष्यति शंकरम्‌ । अस्त्रं पाशुपतं नाम तस्मात्‌ तुष्टादवाप्स्यति

Transliteration

eṣa yuddhe mahādevaṃ toṣayiṣyati śaṅkaram | astraṃ pāśupataṃ nāma tasmāt tuṣṭād avāpsyati |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Dalam perang ini ia akan menyenangkan Mahādeva Śaṅkara; dan ketika Sang Mahādeva berkenan, ia akan memperoleh darinya senjata bernama Pāśupata.”

Word by Word

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महादेवं: Mahādeva (the great god)
• महादेवं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तोषयिष्यति: will please/satisfy
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्त्रम्: weapon
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पाशुपतम्: Pāśupata (of Paśupati)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाशुपत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नाम: named/called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्

• तस्मात्: from him/therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तुष्टात्: from (him) being pleased / from the pleased one
• तुष्टात्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अवाप्स्यति: will obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवाप्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahādeva
• Śaṅkara
• Pāśupata astra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links legitimate martial power to devotion and divine approval: the highest weapons and decisive success are portrayed as gifts granted when a great deity is genuinely pleased, implying that force should be guided by dharma and reverence rather than mere ambition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana foretells that the hero being discussed will, in the course of war, please Śiva (Mahādeva/Śaṅkara) and, once Śiva is satisfied, will receive the famed Pāśupata weapon from him.