Shloka 5
Chapter 14: Divyāstra-Prayoga and Ṛṣi Intervention (दिव्यास्त्रप्रयोगः ऋषिसमागमश्च)
पूर्वमाचार्यपुत्राय ततो5नन्तरमात्मने । भ्रातृभ्यश्चैव सर्वेभ्य: स्वस्तीत्युक्त्वा परंतप:,शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले अर्जुनने सबसे पहले यह कहा कि “आचार्यपुत्रका कल्याण हो'। तत्पश्चात् अपने और सम्पूर्ण भाइयोंके लिये मंगल-कामना करके उन्होंने देवताओं और सभी गुरुजनोंको नमस्कार किया। इसके बाद “इस ब्रह्मास्त्रसे शत्रुका ब्रह्मास्त्र शान्त हो जाय' ऐसा संकल्प करके सबके कल्याणकी भावना करते हुए अपना दिव्य अस्त्र छोड़ दिया
vaishampāyana uvāca | pūrvam ācāryaputrāya tato 'nantaram ātmane | bhrātṛbhyaś caiva sarvebhyaḥ svastīty uktvā paraṃtapaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: First he invoked well-being for the son of the teacher; next, for himself; and then for all his brothers. Having thus uttered “svasti” (a benediction), the scorcher of foes proceeded—acting with a mind set on the welfare of all, even amid the violence of war—toward the use of his divine weapon to quell the enemy’s Brahmāstra.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in a life-and-death conflict, one should act with auspicious intention and self-restraint: invoking welfare (svasti) for others—including the opponent—signals a dharmic mind that seeks to neutralize harm rather than intensify hatred.
The narrator describes the hero (contextually Arjuna) uttering benedictions—first for the teacher’s son, then for himself, and then for all his brothers—before proceeding to deploy a divine weapon with the aim of pacifying the enemy’s Brahmāstra.