Shloka 403

Devanagari script

विद्रावयिष्यामि रणे शचीपतिरिवासुरान्‌ । “इस प्रकार पिताने भगवान्‌ नारायणसे यह अस्त्र प्राप्त किया और उनसे मुझे इसकी प्राप्ति हुई है। उसी अस्त्रसे मैं रणभूमिमें पाण्डव, पांचाल, मत्स्य और केकय योद्धाओंको उसी प्रकार खदेडूँगा, जैसे शचीपति इन्द्रने असुरोंको मार भगाया था

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | vidrāvayiṣyāmi raṇe śacīpatir ivāsurān |

Translation

Dalam pertempuran aku akan membuat mereka tercerai-berai—sebagaimana Śacīpati (Indra) menghalau para Asura.

Word by Word

• विद्रावयिष्यामि: I will put to flight / drive away
• विद्रावयिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्रावय् (वि+द्रु, caus.)
• Form: Luṭ (periphrastic future), 1, singular, Parasmaipada

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• शचीपतिः: Śacī’s lord (Indra)
• शचीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शचीपति
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• असुरान्: the Asuras
• असुरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śacī
• Śacīpati (Indra)
• Asuras

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the psychological dimension of warfare: confidence and intimidation are presented as forces that can ‘rout’ opponents. By invoking Indra’s victory over the Asuras, it frames martial success as an archetypal, almost cosmic pattern—yet it also implicitly warns that such boasts rely on comparison to divine power, which humans may not truly command.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a combatant’s declaration of intent: he will drive the enemy away in battle, comparing his expected effect on the battlefield to Indra’s routing of the Asuras.