Shloka 45

Śiva Grants the Pāśupata Astra (Pāśupata-Śastra Upadeśa) | शिवेन पाशुपतास्त्रदानम्

Devanagari script

रथो मातलिसंयुक्त आगन्ता त्वत्कृते महीम्‌ तत्र ते5हं प्रदास्यामि दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि कौरव,“मातलिके द्वारा जोता हुआ दिव्य रथ तुम्हें लेनेके लिये पृथ्वीपर आनेवाला है। कुरुनन्दन! वहीं (स्वर्गमें) मैं तुम्हें दिव्यास्त्र प्रदान करूँगा”

Transliteration

ratho mātalisaṃyukta āgantā tvatkṛte mahīm | tatra te 'haṃ pradāsyāmi divyāny astrāṇi kaurava ||

Translation

「マータリを御者として繋いだ天の戦車が、汝のために地上へ降りて来る。そこで、クル族の末裔よ、我は汝に神授の武器を授けよう。」

Word by Word

रथःchariot

मातलि-संयुक्तःyoked/connected with Mātali

आगन्ताone who will come; arriver

त्वत्-कृतेfor your sake

महीम्to the earth

तत्रthere

तेto you

अहम्I

प्रदास्यामिI will give

दिव्यानिdivine

अस्त्राणिweapons (missiles)

कौरवO Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mātali

divine chariot (ratha)

divine weapons (divyāni astrāṇi)

Kaurava (addressed hero, i.e., Arjuna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Extraordinary power (divine weapons) is portrayed as a trust granted under divine supervision and for a righteous end; it should be received with discipline and used in alignment with dharma rather than for ego or private gain.

What is happening in the narrative?

A heavenly chariot associated with Mātali is foretold to come to the earth to take the hero; afterward, in the celestial realm, divine weapons will be bestowed upon him as part of his preparation for the coming conflict.