Shloka 32

Kubera-prasāda-vihāra and Counsel on Ajñātavāsa (कुबेरप्रसादविहारः तथा अज्ञातवासोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

तत एपषां वधार्थाय शक्रो<स्त्राणि ददौ तव न हि शक्या: सुरै्हन्तुं य एते निहतास्त्वया,(अर्जुन! तुम्हीं इन्द्रके दूसरे स्वरूप हो।) इन दैत्योंके वधके लिये ही इन्द्रने तुम्हें दिव्यास्त्र प्रदान किये हैं। आज जो ये दानव तुम्हारे हाथों मारे गये हैं, इन्हें देवता नहीं मार सकते थे

Transliteration

tad eteṣāṁ vadhārthāya śakro 'strāṇi dadau tava | na hi śakyāḥ surair hantuṁ ye ete nihatās tvayā ||

Translation

It was for the very purpose of slaying these foes that Śakra (Indra) bestowed divine missiles upon you. For those whom you have struck down today could not have been killed even by the gods. (Arjuna, you are as it were another form of Indra.)

Word by Word

तत्that (therefore/that reason)

एषाम्of these

वधार्थायfor the purpose of killing

शक्रःŚakra (Indra)

अस्त्राणिweapons (divine missiles)

ददौgave

तवto you / of you

नnot

हिindeed/for

शक्याःpossible/able (to be done)

सुरैःby the gods

हन्तुम्to kill

येwho/which

एतेthese

निहताःslain

त्वयाby you

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Śakra (Indra)

Devas (Suras)

Daityas/Danavas (demons/foes)

Divyāstras (divine weapons)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes