Shloka 23

Devanagari script

अन्तरं यस्य संरब्धा न पश्यन्ति महारथा: । अस्यतो लघुहस्तस्य दिश: सर्वा महेषुभि:

Transliteration

antaraṃ yasya saṃrabdhā na paśyanti mahārathāḥ | asyato laghuhastasya diśaḥ sarvā maheṣubhiḥ ||

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。戦いに奮い立つ大車戦士たちでさえ、彼に対する隙を見いだせなかった。あの手早き射手が矢を放てば、四方は強大な矢で満ちるからである。

Word by Word

• अन्तरम्: gap, interval, opening
• अन्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• संरब्धाः: enraged, agitated
• संरब्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-रब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पश्यन्ति: they see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अस्यतः: of (him) who is hurling/shooting
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (अस्यत्)
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• लघुहस्तस्य: of the swift-handed one
• लघुहस्तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लघुहस्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दिशः: directions, quarters
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वाः: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• महेषुभिः: with great arrows
• महेषुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेषु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mahārathāḥ (great chariot-warriors)
• maheṣu (mighty arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how consummate discipline and speed in action can deny an opponent any ‘opening’—a martial lesson that also carries an ethical undertone: in war, superior skill can create an overwhelming, near-inescapable pressure, reminding readers of the grave responsibility that accompanies power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a formidable archer whose rapid, continuous volleys of powerful arrows fill all directions. Even elite warriors, though eager and aggressive, cannot perceive any gap or weakness to exploit against him.