Shloka 16

Devanagari script

स विशेषात्‌ त्वमोघाया: कृष्णो5रक्षत पाण्डवम्‌ | हन्यात्‌ क्षिप्रं हि कौन्तेयं शक्तिवृक्षमिवाशनि:,श्रीकृष्णने विशेष प्रयत्न करके उस अमोघ शक्तिसे पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुनकी रक्षा की है, नहीं तो जैसे वज्र गिरकर वृक्षको भस्म कर देता है, उसी प्रकार वह शक्ति कुन्तीकुमार अर्जुनको शीघ्र ही नष्ट कर देती

Transliteration

sa viśeṣāt tv amoghāyāḥ kṛṣṇo 'rakṣata pāṇḍavam | hanyāt kṣipraṃ hi kaunteyaṃ śaktivṛkṣam ivāśaniḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: With special effort, Kṛṣṇa protected the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna) from that unfailing missile. For indeed it would have swiftly slain Kuntī’s son—just as a thunderbolt, striking, burns up a tree.

Word by Word

सःhe

विशेषात्especially; with special effort

तुbut/indeed

अमोघायाःof the unfailing (weapon/power)

कृष्णःKrishna

अरक्षत्protected

पाण्डवम्the Pandava (Arjuna)

हन्यात्would kill/destroy

क्षिप्रम्quickly

हिindeed/for

कौन्तेयम्Kunti's son (Arjuna)

शक्तिवृक्षम्a shakti-tree (tree struck by the spear/weapon)

इवlike/as

अशनिःthunderbolt

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kṛṣṇa

Arjuna (Pāṇḍava, Kaunteya)

Amoghā śakti (unfailing missile/weapon)

Aśani (thunderbolt)

Vṛkṣa (tree)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes