Shloka 47

Devanagari script

संनिवार्य च योधान्‌ स सत्येन शपथेन च । प्रायोजयदमेयात्मा भार्गवास्त्र महाबल:

Transliteration

sannivārya ca yodhān sa satyena śapathena ca | prāyojayad ameyātmā bhārgavāstra-mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ເຂົາໄດ້ຫ້າມທັບນັກຮົບໄວ້ ແລະຜູກມັດພວກເຂົາດ້ວຍສັດຈະ ແລະຄຳສາບານອັນຂັງແຂງ; ຜູ້ມີຈິດໃຈຫາຂອບເຂດບໍ່ໄດ້ ແລະມີພະລັງຍິ່ງໃນອາວຸດພາຣະຄະວະ ກໍໄດ້ສັ່ງໃຫ້ພວກເຂົາອອກໄປປະຕິບັດພາລະກິດ.

Word by Word

संनिवार्यhaving restrained/checked

चand

योधान्warriors

सःhe

सत्येनby truth / with truth

शपथेनby an oath

चand

प्रायोजयत्set in motion / employed / directed

अमेयात्माhe whose nature is immeasurable

भार्गवास्त्रम्the Bhargava weapon (Parashurama’s missile)

महाबलःmighty/very strong

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

warriors (yodhāḥ)

Bhārgavāstra

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?

Even in warfare, leadership is not merely coercion; it also relies on moral instruments—truthfulness (satya) and binding vows (śapatha)—to restrain impulsive violence and enforce disciplined, accountable action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a powerful figure, skilled in the Bhārgava weapon, first restrains the warriors and then directs them to act, compelling obedience through an appeal to truth and the force of a solemn oath.