Shloka 333

उपायैः पूर्ववधकथनम् / Strategic Justifications for Prior Eliminations

Devanagari script

सम्पतन्तो व्यदृश्यन्त भ्राजमाना इवाग्नय: । वहाँ चारों ओर गिरते हुए ऋष्टि, शक्ति, गदा, बाण, मूसल, प्रास और पट्टिश आदि अस्त्र आगके अंगारोंके समान प्रकाशित दिखायी देते थे

Transliteration

sampatanto vyadṛśyanta bhrājamānā ivāgnayaḥ |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອອາວຸດຕົກລົງຮອບດ້ານ ມັນປາກົດວ່າສະຫວ່າງວາບດັ່ງໄຟ. ຣິດສະຕິ, ສັກຕິ, ຄະດາ, ລູກສອນ, ມູສະລະ, ປຣາສ ແລະ ປັດຕິຊ ແລະອື່ນໆ ເມື່ອລົງມາ ກໍສ່ອງສະຫວ່າງດັ່ງຖ່ານໄຟທີ່ລຸກໂຊນ.

Word by Word

• सम्पतन्तः: falling down, rushing down
• सम्पतन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पत्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), परस्मैपदी-प्रयोग (कर्तरि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• व्यदृश्यन्त: were seen, appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतन भूत), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन

• भ्राजमानाः: shining, blazing
• भ्राजमानाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्राज्
• Form: शानच् (वर्तमान कृदन्त), आत्मनेपदी-प्रयोग (कर्तरि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अग्नयः: fires
• अग्नयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• weapons (ṛṣṭi, śakti, gadā, bāṇa, mūsala, prāsa, paṭṭiśa)
• fire (agni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses the simile of fire to show how battle magnifies human aggression into a consuming force: what appears brilliant and heroic can quickly become indiscriminate destruction, making ethical restraint (dharma) difficult yet crucial.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a fierce exchange in which many kinds of weapons are falling all around; their gleam makes them look like flames, emphasizing the intensity and danger of the combat.