Shloka 45

Devanagari script

तेषु किंचित्‌ प्रभग्नेषु विमुखेषु सपत्नजित्‌ । दिव्यमस्त्रं विकुर्वाणो बभूवार्क इवोदित:

Transliteration

teṣu kiñcit prabhagneṣu vimukheṣu sapatnajit | divyam astraṃ vikurvāṇo babhūvārka ivoditaḥ ||

Translation

彼らのうち幾人かが打ち崩され、背を向けて退き始めたとき、敵を征する者は神なる武器を振るい始めた。新たに昇る太陽のごとく燃え立ち—味方の勢いを甦らせ、圧倒的な力で戦の道義的重圧をいよいよ強めた。

Word by Word

तेषुamong them / in them

किञ्चित्somewhat / to some extent

प्रभग्नेषुwhen (they were) broken/defeated

विमुखेषुwhen (they were) turned away / fleeing

सपत्नजित्the conqueror of foes (Sapatnajit)

दिव्यम्divine

अस्त्रम्weapon / missile

विकुर्वाणःwielding / employing / performing

बभूवbecame / was

अर्कःthe sun

इवlike / as

उदितःrisen

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kṛpa (speaker)

sapatnajit (epithet: conqueror of foes)

divya-astra (divine weapon)

arka (the sun, as simile)

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, when forces falter, a leader’s decisive action can restore momentum; ethically, it also points to the grave responsibility involved in unleashing divinely empowered weapons, where power must be weighed against the wider consequences of escalation.

What is happening in the narrative?

As some warriors are routed and begin to retreat, the foe-conquering champion responds by deploying a divine weapon, appearing radiant and formidable like the rising sun—signaling a surge in intensity on the battlefield.