Shloka 16

Devanagari script

दृश्यादृश्यानरिगणानुद्दिश्याचार्यनन्दन:,फिर धूमरहित अग्निके समान एक तेजस्वी बाणको अभिमन्त्रित करके शत्रुवीरोंका संहार करनेवाले आचार्यनन्दन अभश्रत्थामाने सर्वथा क्रोधावेशसे युक्त हो उसे प्रत्यक्ष और परोक्ष शत्रुओंके उद्देश्यसे चला दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | dṛśyādṛśyān arigaṇān uddiśyācāryanandanaḥ | dhūmarahitāgnisamaṃ tejasvinaṃ bāṇam abhimantrya śatravīrasaṃhārakara ācāryanandano ’śvatthāmā sarvathā krodhāveśayuktaḥ taṃ pratyakṣa-parokṣaśatrūn uddiśya mumoca |

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。師の子アシュヴァッターマは、四方から押し寄せる憤怒に呑まれ、煙なき火のごとく輝き燃える一矢を、真言によって加持した。見える敵も、潜む敵も、その敵群を狙い定め、対陣の勇士を滅ぼさんと放ったのである。この詩句は、怒りが王座に据えられるとき、祝別された力さえも無差別の破滅の器へと変わることを示す。

Word by Word

• दृश्य: visible
• दृश्य: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अदृश्य: invisible
• अदृश्य: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदृश्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अरी-गणान्: groups of enemies
• अरी-गणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरी (अरि) + गण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उद्दिश्य: having aimed at / intending
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + दिश्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• आचार्य-नन्दनः: the teacher's son (Aśvatthāman)
• आचार्य-नन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य + नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• अश्वत्थामा (Aśvatthāmā)
• द्रोण (Droṇa) (implied by 'ācārya')
• बाण (enchanted arrow)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral danger of krodha (rage): when anger dominates, even sacredly empowered means (abhimantrita weapons) are directed toward broad, potentially indiscriminate harm, blurring ethical restraint in warfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya describes Aśvatthāmā, Droṇa’s son, empowering a blazing arrow with mantras and releasing it against enemy warriors—both those in plain sight and those not directly visible—driven by intense wrath.