Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अहं हि ज्वलतां मध्ये मयूखानामिवांशुमान्‌ । प्रयोक्ता देवसृष्टानामस्त्राणां प्ततागत:

Transliteration

ahaṃ hi jvalatāṃ madhye mayūkhānām ivāṃśumān | prayoktā devasṛṣṭānām astrāṇāṃ pratāgataḥ ||

Translation

ನಾನು ದಹಿಸುವ ತೇಜಸ್ಸಿನ ಮಧ್ಯೆ, ತನ್ನ ಕಿರಣಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಸೂರ್ಯನಂತೆ ನಿಂತಿದ್ದೆ—ದೇವಸೃಷ್ಟ ದಿವ್ಯಾಸ್ತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಯೋಗಿಸಿ ಮರಳಿ ಬಂದವನು.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• ज्वलताम्: of blazing (ones/things)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वलत्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• मध्ये: in the midst
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मयूखानाम्: of rays
• Type: Noun
• Root: मयूख
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अंशुमान्: the sun (the radiant one)
• अंशुमान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशुमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रयोक्ता: the wielder/user
• प्रयोक्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयोक्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवसृष्टानाम्: of those created by the gods
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव-सृष्ट
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• अस्त्राणाम्: of weapons/missiles
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• प्रततागतः: arrived/come forth (fully/continuously)
• प्रततागतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतत-आगत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• aṃśumān (the Sun, as simile)
• mayūkha (rays, as simile)
• devasṛṣṭa astrāṇi (divine astras/weapons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the awe and danger surrounding divine weaponry: extraordinary power (astras) creates a blazing, overwhelming field, and the wielder’s role carries grave responsibility—strength must be governed by restraint and right purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya describes a warrior’s presence amid intense, fiery brilliance, comparing him to the sun among its rays, and notes that he has returned after employing god-created astras—signaling a moment of heightened escalation in the battle.