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Shloka 30

Duryodhana’s Account of Gandharva Defeat and the Pandavas’ Intervention (दुर्योधनवर्णितो गन्धर्वसंग्रामः)

धनुग्रहिश्चार्जुन: सव्यसाची धनुश्न तद्‌ गाण्डिवं भीमवेगम्‌ | अस्त्राणि दिव्यानि च तानि तस्य त्रयस्य तेज: प्रसहेत को<त्र,“सव्यसाची अर्जुन अद्वितीय धनुर्थर हैं। उनके उस गाण्डीव धनुषका वेग भी बड़ा भयानक है, और अब तो अर्जुनको वे दिव्यास्त्र भी प्राप्त हो गये हैं। इस समय इन तीनोंके सम्मिलित तेजको यहाँ कौन सह सकता है?”

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | dhanur-grahīś cārjunaḥ savyasācī dhanuṣṇa tad gāṇḍīvaṁ bhīma-vegam | astrāṇi divyāni ca tāni tasya trayasya tejaḥ prasaheta ko 'tra ||

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。両手で弓を操る達人サヴィヤサーチー、アルジュナは、恐るべき威力をもつガーンディーヴァを携えて備え立つ。しかも今や、あの神授の武器までもが彼の手に帰した。ここに、この三者の合わさった光輝と力に抗し得る者がいったい誰であろうか。

धनुग्रहीbow-holder, archer
धनुग्रही:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधनुग्रहिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अर्जुनःArjuna
अर्जुनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअर्जुन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सव्यसाचीAmbidextrous one (epithet of Arjuna)
सव्यसाची:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसव्यसाचिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धनुषःbow
धनुषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधनुस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
गाण्डिवम्Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna’s bow)
गाण्डिवम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगाण्डिव
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
भीमवेगम्of terrible speed/impetus
भीमवेगम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootभीमवेग
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अस्त्राणिweapons (missiles)
अस्त्राणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअस्त्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
दिव्यानिdivine, celestial
दिव्यानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तानिthose
तानि:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
तस्यof him (of Arjuna)
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
त्रयस्यof the three
त्रयस्य:
TypeNumeral
Rootत्रय
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
तेजःsplendor, power, energy
तेजः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतेजस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
प्रसहेतcould endure, would withstand
प्रसहेत:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-सह्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
कःwho?
कः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
A
Arjuna
G
Gāṇḍīva
D
divyāstras (celestial weapons)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how extraordinary power—skill (Arjuna), instrument (Gāṇḍīva), and divine weaponry (divyāstras)—becomes overwhelming when united. Implicitly, it warns that such force is ethically significant: when aligned with dharma it is decisive, and when misused it would be catastrophic.

Vaiśampāyana describes Arjuna’s readiness and supremacy: he holds the fearsome Gāṇḍīva and has obtained divine astras. The narrator then poses a rhetorical question—who could withstand the combined might of these three—emphasizing Arjuna’s near-unassailable position at this point in the story.