Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यद्‌ यद्धि व्याक्षिपद्‌ युद्धे पाण्डवो<5स्त्रजिघांसया । तत्‌ तदस्त्रं महेष्वासो द्रोणपुत्रो व्यशातयत्‌,रणभूमिमें पाण्डुकुमार अर्जुन अश्वत्थामाके अस्त्रोंको नष्ट करनेके लिये जो-जो अस्त्र चलाते थे, महाधनुर्धर द्रोणपुत्र अश्वत्थामा उनके उस-उस अस्त्रको काट गिराता था

Transliteration

yad yaddhi vyākṣipad yuddhe pāṇḍavo 'strajighāṃsayā | tat tadastraṃ maheṣvāso droṇaputro vyaśātayat ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນການຮົບ ອາວຸດໃດໆທີ່ປານດະວະ (ອາຣຈຸນ) ຂວ້າງອອກໄປ ເພື່ອທຳລາຍອາວຸດຂອງສັດຕູ ອາວຸດນັ້ນໆ ນັກທະນູຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ບຸດຂອງດໂຣນາ—ອັສວັດຖາມາ—ກໍຕັດທິ້ງ ແລະລົບລ້າງຢູ່ເທິງສະໜາມຮົບຊ້ຳໆ.

Word by Word

यत्which (thing)

हिindeed

व्याक्षिपत्threw/shot forth

युद्धेin battle

पाण्डवःthe Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)

अस्त्रजिघांसयाwith the desire to kill/destroy by weapons

तत्that

अस्त्रम्weapon/missile

महेष्वासःthe great archer

द्रोणपुत्रःDroṇa's son (Aśvatthāman)

व्यशातयत्destroyed/neutralized

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)

Droṇaputra (Aśvatthāmā)

astra (missile-weapons)

raṇabhūmi (battlefield)

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 verse underscores how, in war, technical mastery and timely countermeasures can nullify even powerful attacks. Ethically, it also reflects the grim momentum of combat: intent (jighāṃsā) and skill combine to intensify violence, reminding readers that prowess in arms does not by itself resolve the deeper moral tragedy of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a duel-like exchange: Arjuna launches various astras to destroy or overcome the opponent’s weaponry, but Aśvatthāmā, famed as Droṇa’s son and a great archer, cuts down each incoming missile, preventing Arjuna’s weapons from taking effect on the battlefield.