Shloka 5
ज्वलन्तं शूलमुद्रम्य यां दिशं प्रतिपद्यते । तस्यां दिशि विदीर्यन्ते शत्रवों मे महामुने,महामुने! वे जलता हुआ शूल हाथमें लेकर जिस ओर जाते उसी दिशामें मेरे शत्रु विदीर्ण हो जाते थे
arjuna uvāca | jvalantaṁ śūlam udyamya yāṁ diśaṁ pratipadyate | tasyāṁ diśi vidīryante śatravo me mahāmune ||
アルジュナは言った。「おお大聖よ。彼が燃えさかる槍を高く掲げ、いずれの方角へ進もうとも、その方角にいる我が敵は引き裂かれ、粉々に砕け散りました。彼とともに動く抗しがたい力が戦の潮目を変え、不義の者どもを、まるで神威を帯びたかのような力の前に打ち倒したのです。」
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the overwhelming momentum of a divinely empowered warrior in a dharma-yuddha setting: when power is aligned with a higher force or rightful cause, opposition collapses. Ethically, it also underscores the grave consequences of entering an unrighteous path in war—destruction becomes swift and unavoidable.
Arjuna is describing a battlefield phenomenon to a great sage: a figure (implied from context) raises a blazing spear and moves toward a direction, and enemies positioned there are immediately shattered. It conveys awe at a superhuman or divinely backed martial force operating in the conflict.