Shloka 27

भीमसेन-धृष्टद्युम्नयोर्वाक्यं

Bhīmasena and Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s Speeches on Kṣātra-Dharma

Devanagari script

ततोअस्त्रसंघर्षकृतैर्विस्फुलिड्रैः समन्तत:

Transliteration

tato 'strasaṅgharṣakṛtair visphuliṅgair samantataḥ

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ຕໍ່ມາ ທຸກທິດທາງ ປະກາຍໄຟກໍກະເດັນອອກ—ເກີດຈາກການປະທະອັນຮຸນແຮງຂອງອາວຸດ—ເປັນເຄື່ອງຊີ້ວ່າຄວາມເດືອດດານຂອງສົງຄາມກຳລັງທະວີຂຶ້ນ ແລະຄວາມພິນາດກຳລັງຖືກກໍ່ກຳເນີດໂດຍຈິດໃຈມະນຸດທີ່ຫັນໄປຫາສົງຄາມ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्-अर्थे)

• अस्त्र-संघर्ष-कृतैः: caused by the friction/clash of weapons
• अस्त्र-संघर्ष-कृतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (√कृ) ; अस्त्र, संघर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (कृत-शब्दः: कृतैः)

• विस्फुलिङ्गैः: with sparks
• विस्फुलिङ्गैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्फुलिङ्ग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• समन्ततः: on all sides; all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सर्वतः-अर्थे)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Weapons (astra)
• Sparks (visphuliṅga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the tangible consequences of armed conflict: when human intention commits to violence, destruction multiplies and spreads in all directions—an implicit ethical reminder of war’s escalating, uncontrollable nature.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield moment when weapons collide so fiercely that sparks scatter everywhere, emphasizing the intensity and closeness of the fighting.