Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अथान्यद्‌ धनुरादाय पुत्रस्तव जनेश्वर

Transliteration

athānyad dhanur ādāya putras tava janeśvara

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, O lord of men, your son took up another bow—signaling a renewed resolve to continue the fight despite the strain and reversals of battle, and showing how, in war, determination can harden into relentless persistence.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अन्यत्: another (one)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• जन-ईश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन + ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• your son (Duryodhana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness and the will to persist; ethically, it invites reflection on how determination in a righteous duty can also become obstinacy when the larger moral direction of the war is compromised.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana, after a prior exchange, takes up a different bow—preparing to re-engage and continue the combat.