Shloka 25

Saubha-ākhyāna: Śālva’s Approach and the Fortification of Dvārakā (सौभाख्यानम्—द्वारकायाः सुरक्षाविधानम्)

Devanagari script

रौक्मिणेयस्ततो बाणमग्न्यकॉपमवर्चसम्‌ | अभिमन्त्र्य महास्त्रेण संदधे शत्रुनाशनम्‌,तदनन्तर रुक्मिणीनन्दन चारुदेष्णने अग्नि और सूर्यके समान तेजस्वी शत्रुनाशक बाणको महान्‌ (दिव्य) अस्त्रसे अभिमन्त्रित करके अपने धनुषपर संधान किया

Transliteration

raukmiṇeyas tato bāṇam agny-arkopama-varcasam | abhimantrya mahāstreṇa sandadhe śatru-nāśanam ||

Translation

Then Raukmiṇeya, having empowered a foe-destroying arrow blazing like fire and the sun with a great divine weapon-mantra, set it upon his bow—signaling a decisive escalation in the combat through sanctioned, consecrated force rather than mere physical prowess.

Word by Word

रौक्मिणेयःRaukmiṇeya (son of Rukmiṇī)

ततःthen, thereafter

बाणम्arrow

अग्नि-उपम-वर्चसम्having splendor like fire

अभिमन्त्र्यhaving consecrated/enchanted (by mantra)

महास्त्रेणwith a great (divine) weapon/spell-weapon

संदधेhe fixed/placed (on the bow)

शत्रु-नाशनम्enemy-destroying

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Raukmiṇeya (Pradyumna)

Rukmiṇī

bāṇa (arrow)

mahāstra (divine weapon)

agni (fire)

arka/sūrya (sun)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes