Shloka 31

Devanagari script

ऐन्द्रं पाशुपतं त्वाष्ट्र वायव्यमथ वारुणम्‌

Transliteration

aindraṃ pāśupataṃ tvāṣṭraṃ vāyavyam atha vāruṇam

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「（彼は）インドラの武器、パーシュパタの武器、トヴァシュトリより生まれし武器、さらにヴァーユとヴァルナの武器を用いた。」戦の倫理の気配の中で、神々の飛び道具を重ねて放つことは、もはや人の常の戦いを超えた激化を示し、敵を圧する衝動のただ中で、力と自制（ダルマ）が試されるのである。

Word by Word

ऐन्द्रम्Indra-related (weapon/astra)

पाशुपतम्Pāśupata (of Śiva) (weapon/astra)

त्वाष्ट्रम्Tvaṣṭṛ-related (weapon/astra)

वायव्यम्Vāyu-related (weapon/astra)

अथand then / also

वारुणम्Varuṇa-related (weapon/astra)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Indra

Paśupati (Śiva)

Tvaṣṭṛ

Vāyu

Varuṇa

divine weapons (astra)

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?

The verse highlights how war can escalate into the use of overwhelming, quasi-divine force; it implicitly raises the dharmic question of restraint—whether possessing power justifies deploying it, especially when consequences exceed ordinary human limits.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya lists a sequence of powerful divine weapons being invoked—those associated with Indra, Śiva (Paśupati), Tvaṣṭṛ, Vāyu, and Varuṇa—indicating an intense exchange of astras on the battlefield.