Shloka 3136

Devanagari script

मुक्त मुक्त द्रोणचापात्‌ तज्जघान धनंजय: । द्रोणाचार्यके धनुषसे क्रमश: छूटे हुए ऐन्द्र, पाशुपत, त्वाष्ट्, वायव्य तथा वारुण नामक अस्त्रको अर्जुनने तत्काल शान्त कर दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | mukta-muktaṃ droṇa-cāpāt taj jaghāna dhanañjayaḥ | droṇācāryake dhanuṣaḥ kramaśaḥ chūṭe huye aindra-pāśupata-tvāṣṭra-vāyavya-vāruṇa-nāmaka astrāṇi arjunena tatkālaṃ śāntīkṛtāni |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອອາວຸດຖືກປ່ອຍອອກຊ້ຳໆຈາກຄັນທະນູຂອງ ໂດຣນະ ທະນັນຊະຍະ (ອາຣະຈຸນ) ກໍໄດ້ຕີຕົກແລະທຳລາຍມັນ. ອາວຸດທິບທີ່ອອກມາຕາມລຳດັບຈາກຄັນທະນູຂອງ ໂດຣນາຈາຣຍະ—ຊື່ ໄອນດຣະ (Aindra), ປາຊຸປະຕະ (Pāśupata), ທວາສຕຣະ (Tvāṣṭra), ວາຍະວະ (Vāyavya) ແລະ ວາຣຸນະ (Vāruṇa)—ຖືກອາຣະຈຸນເຮັດໃຫ້ສົງບົບແລະຫມົດ຤ິດໃນທັນທີ. ເຫດການນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນການຄອບຄຸມອຳນາດດ້ວຍວິໄນ: ແມ່ນແຕ່ພະລັງອັນນ່າຢ້ານກໍຕ້ອງຖືກຮັບມືດ້ວຍຄວາມຍັບຍັ້ງ, ຄວາມແມ່ນຍຳ, ແລະຄວາມຕັ້ງໃຈທີ່ຈະປ້ອງກັນການທຳລາຍທີ່ບໍ່ຖືກຄວບຄຸມໃນສະໜາມຮົບ.

Word by Word

मुक्तम्released (weapon)

द्रोणचापात्from Drona's bow

तत्that (weapon/it)

जघानstruck/slew

धनंजयःDhananjaya (Arjuna)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇācārya (Droṇa)

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Droṇa’s bow

Aindra astra

Pāśupata astra

Tvāṣṭra astra

Vāyavya astra

Vāruṇa astra

Indra

Śiva (Paśupati)

Tvaṣṭṛ

Vāyu

Varuṇa

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 passage highlights ethical restraint in the use of power: even when divine-grade weapons are deployed, the ideal warrior responds with controlled skill aimed at neutralizing harm rather than escalating destruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Droṇa releases a succession of powerful astras from his bow, and Arjuna immediately counters and pacifies each one, preventing their effects from unfolding on the battlefield.