Shloka 46

Devanagari script

बहूनीह विकुर्वाणो दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि संयुगे

Transliteration

bahūnīha vikurvāṇo divyāny astrāṇi saṁyuge

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Here, in the midst of battle, he was repeatedly displaying and deploying many celestial weapons.”

Word by Word

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• विकुर्वाणः: performing, displaying (doing in various ways)
• विकुर्वाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + कृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• दिव्यानि: divine, celestial
• दिव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अस्त्राणि: weapons (missiles)
• अस्त्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• divyāni astrāṇi (celestial weapons)
• saṁyuga (battlefield/war)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how warfare in the Mahābhārata is not merely physical but also shaped by extraordinary, divinely sanctioned powers; it implicitly raises ethical tension about the escalation of violence when celestial weapons are brought into human conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior on the battlefield is actively exhibiting and unleashing numerous divine astras, indicating an intensification of the combat and the display of high martial capability.