Shloka 426

Devanagari script

सर्वाण्यस्त्राणि धर्मात्मा हातुकामो5भ्यभाषत । भीमसेनके ऐसा कहनेपर धर्मात्मा द्रोणाचार्य वह धनुष फेंककर अन्य सब अस्त्र- शस्त्रोंको भी त्याग देनेकी इच्छासे इस प्रकार बोले--

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | sarvāṇy astrāṇi dharmātmā hātukāmo 'bhyabhāṣata |

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「あらゆる武器を捨てようと望み、法にかなう者は語った――暴力の器を棄てるという決意に動かされて。戦場の道義的な重圧のただ中で、その言葉は、武の妙技から抑制へと向かう転回を示し、武人にして師である者の重い良心を映し出した。」

Word by Word

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अस्त्राणि: weapons (missiles)
• अस्त्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• धर्मात्मा: the righteous-souled one
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हातुकामः: desiring to abandon
• हातुकामः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हातुकाम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्यभाषत: spoke, addressed
• अभ्यभाषत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• astrāṇi (weapons/astras)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, dharma can manifest as restraint: the impulse to abandon weapons reflects moral hesitation, the weight of responsibility, and the recognition that power over violence includes the capacity to renounce it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that a dharmic figure, intending to give up all astras, speaks out—indicating a decisive moment where the speaker turns from continued combat toward laying down arms.