Shloka 61

Devanagari script

ततस्तामेव संगृह शक्ति कनकभूषणाम्‌

Transliteration

tatastām eva saṅgṛhya śaktiṃ kanakabhūṣaṇām

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「そして彼は、黄金の飾りを帯びたその槍を取り上げ、用いんと構えた——それは戦の暴威と殺意が、決定的で宿命的な段へと高まる兆しであった。」

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from there/then')

• ताम्: her/that (f.)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed; just; only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya (emphatic particle)

• संगृह्य: having grasped/taken up
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ग्रह्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), 'having seized/taken up'

• शक्तिम्: spear; lance (weapon)
• शक्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कनकभूषणाम्: gold-adorned; having gold ornaments
• कनकभूषणाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कनकभूषणा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• śakti (spear/javelin)
• gold ornamentation (kanaka-bhūṣaṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how a single deliberate act—taking up a potent weapon—can mark a moral and strategic turning point. In the Mahābhārata’s war-ethic, such moments underscore responsibility: intention and choice intensify consequences, even amid battlefield duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a warrior takes up the same śakti (spear/javelin), described as gold-adorned, indicating readiness to hurl or use a formidable missile-weapon in the ongoing combat sequence.