Shloka 2536

Chapter 136: Pandava Counter-Encirclement and the Vāyavya-Astra Disruption

Devanagari script

हेमपुड्खा महाराज व्यशोभन्त दिशो दश । महाराज! वे महातेजस्वी सुनहरी पाँखवाले बाण उसके सुवर्णजटित कवचको छिज्न- भिन्न करके दसों दिशाओंको सुशोभित करने लगे

Transliteration

hema-puṅkhā mahārāja vyaśobhanta diśo daśa |

Translation

ສັນຈະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພະມະຫາກະສັດ, ລູກສອນທີ່ມີຂົນປີກເປັນຄຳນັ້ນ ສ່ອງປະກາຍລຸກໂລດ ຈົນທຳໃຫ້ທິດທັງສິບດູປານຖືກປະດັບ. ໃນກາງສົງຄາມ ຄວາມສະຫວ່າງແລະແຮງຂອງມັນ ໄດ້ຈີກທະລຸກເກາະທີ່ຝັງຄຳຂອງຄູ່ຕໍ່ສູ້ ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ຝີມືຍຸດທະແລະຄວາມຮຸນແຮງອັນບໍ່ຢຸດຢັ້ງ ອາດຊະນະໄດ້ແມ່ນແຕ່ການປ້ອງກັນອັນງາມສະຫງ່າ.

Word by Word

• हेमपुङ्खाः: gold-feathered (arrows)
• हेमपुङ्खाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेमपुङ्ख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• व्यशोभन्त: shone / adorned
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'mahārāja')
• golden‑fletched arrows
• gold‑inlaid armor
• the ten directions (daśa diśaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the grim paradox of war: splendor and skill (brilliant arrows, ornate armor) serve destruction. It implicitly cautions that external magnificence cannot shield one from the consequences of violent conflict and fate on the battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a moment of intense fighting where golden‑fletched arrows fly in all directions, dazzling the battlefield and ripping through a gold‑adorned armor, making the ten quarters appear illuminated by their flight.