Shloka 39

Duryodhana Seeks Droṇa’s Counsel; Imperative to Protect Jayadratha; Pāñcāla Assault on Duryodhana

Devanagari script

ततो विस्फार्य बलवदू गाण्डीवं जध्निवान्‌ रिपून्‌ | महता शरवर्षेण तलशब्देन चार्जुन:,यह सुनकर अर्जुनने बड़े जोरसे गाण्डीव धनुषको खींचकर हथेलीके चटचट शब्दके साथ भारी बाण-वर्षा करते हुए शत्रुओंका संहार आरम्भ किया

Transliteration

tato visphārya balavad gāṇḍīvaṃ jaghnivān ripūn | mahatā śaravarṣeṇa talaśabdena cārjunaḥ ||

Translation

ಇದನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ಅರ್ಜುನನು ಬಲವಾಗಿ ಗಾಂಡೀವವನ್ನು ವಿಸ್ಫಾರಿಸಿ, ಕೈತಟ್ಟುವ ತೀಕ್ಷ್ಣ ಶಬ್ದದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮಹಾ ಶರವೃಷ್ಟಿಯನ್ನು ಸುರಿಸಿ ಶತ್ರುಸಂಹಾರವನ್ನು ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

विस्फार्यhaving stretched (twanged)

बलवत्forcefully, strongly

गाण्डीवम्Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna's bow)

जघ्निवान्slew, killed

रिपून्enemies

महताwith great

शरवर्षेणwith a rain of arrows

तलशब्देनwith the sound of the palm (clapping/twang-like snap)

चand

अर्जुनःArjuna

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

Gāṇḍīva (bow)

ripavaḥ (enemies/foes)

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?

The verse highlights steadfast performance of one’s role in a justly undertaken battle: Arjuna acts with focused strength and discipline, directing force toward combatant foes as part of kṣatriya-duty rather than out of personal malice.

What is happening in the narrative?

After hearing the preceding report, Arjuna forcefully draws his bow Gāṇḍīva and begins a fierce counterattack, unleashing a heavy rain of arrows; the ‘talaśabda’ evokes the audible snap/clap accompanying his rapid martial action.