Shloka 40

Devanagari script

विसृज्यमानेष्वस्त्रेषु ज्वालयत्सु दिशो दश

Transliteration

visṛjyamāneṣv astreṣu jvālayatsu diśo daśa

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。武器が投げ放たれると、燃え立つ光がほとばしり、十方の方角すべてを焼き尽くすかのようであった。これは戦いの恐るべき激化を告げ、怒りと武威が抑えなく解き放たれるときに伴う法（ダルマ）の危機を示していた。

Word by Word

• विसृज्यमानेषु: while (they were) being discharged
• विसृज्यमानेषु: अधिकारण
• Type: Verb
• Root: विसृज् (वि+सृज्)
• Form: शानच् (वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि), नपुंसक, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• अस्त्रेषु: in/among the weapons
• अस्त्रेषु: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: नपुंसक, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• ज्वालयत्सु: while (they were) blazing/setting aflame
• ज्वालयत्सु: अधिकारण
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वल्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमानकाले परस्मैपदे), नपुंसक, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• दिशः: the directions
• दिशः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: स्त्री, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• दश: ten
• दश: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: स्त्री, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• astra (weapons/missiles)
• ten directions (diśaḥ daśa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how unchecked use of force—especially powerful weapons—can engulf everything, symbolically ‘burning the ten directions.’ It cautions that martial prowess without dharmic restraint leads to widespread harm and moral darkness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates the battlefield scene where combatants release volleys of weapons. Their fiery brilliance is so intense that it appears to ignite all directions, conveying the ferocity and overwhelming scale of the fighting.