Shloka 306

Devanagari script

ततः प्रादुश्चकारास्त्रमस्त्रमार्गविशारद: । जब द्रोणाचार्य पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुनकी अपेक्षा अपनी विशेषता न सिद्ध कर सके, तब अस्त्रमार्गोके ज्ञाता गुरुदेवने दिव्यास्त्रोंकोी प्रकट किया

Transliteration

tataḥ prāduścakārāstram astramārgaviśāradaḥ |

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「そのとき、武器の道と武器真言の用法に通暁した師は、天なるアストラを顕現させた。戦場の道義が張り詰める中、常の武勇ではもはや優越を示し得ぬとき、師がより高位のアストラに訴えることは、戦の激化を告げると同時に、秘奥の知に伴う重い責任をも示すのである。」

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

प्रादुःmanifestly, into view

चकारmade, performed, brought about

अस्त्रम्weapon (missile/astral weapon)

अस्त्रमार्गविशारदःone skilled in the path/usage of weapons

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Drona (Droṇācārya)

Astra (divine weapon/missile)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Specialized power (astra-knowledge) carries moral weight: when conflict escalates beyond ordinary means, the decision to deploy higher weapons must be understood as a serious ethical threshold, not merely a display of skill.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that an expert in the science and procedure of astras brings forth a divine weapon, indicating a heightened phase of battle where extraordinary means are invoked to gain advantage.