Shloka 24

Devanagari script

पाण्डवेयस्त्वसम्भ्रान्तो वायव्यास्त्रेण वीर्यवान्‌ । अपोवाह तदाभ्राणि राधेयस्य प्रपश्यत:

Transliteration

pāṇḍaveyas tv asambhrānto vāyavyāstreṇa vīryavān | apovāha tadābhrāṇi rādheyasya prapaśyataḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ບຸດແຫ່ງປານດຸ ບໍ່ຫວັ່ນໄຫວ ແລະໝັ້ນຄົງ; ວິລະບຸລຸດນັ້ນໄດ້ໃຊ້ອາວຸດລົມ (Vāyavya-astra) ດ້ວຍພະລັງວິລະກໍາ ແລະຕໍ່ໜ້າຕໍ່ຕາຂອງຣາເທຍ ກໍໄດ້ພັດກວາດເມກເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນໃຫ້ຫາຍໄປ. ຂະນະນັ້ນຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນຄວາມໝັ້ນຄົງໃນໃຈຂອງອາຣຈຸນໃນສົງຄາມ—ຕອບໂຕ້ການຂູ່ຂວັນຂອງສັດຕູ ບໍ່ແມ່ນດ້ວຍຄວາມຕົກໃຈ ຫຼືຄວາມໂຫດຮ້າຍ ແຕ່ດ້ວຍຝີມືອັນມີວິໄນ ແລະເປົ້າໝາຍອັນແຈ້ງຊັດ.

Word by Word

• पाण्डवेयः: the son of Pāṇḍu (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डवेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• असम्भ्रान्तः: unperturbed, not agitated
• असम्भ्रान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असम्भ्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वायव्यास्त्रेण: with the Vāyavya weapon (wind-missile)
• वायव्यास्त्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायव्यास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वीर्यवान्: mighty, powerful
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपोवाह: blew away, carried off
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + वह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• अभ्राणि: clouds
• अभ्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• राधेयस्य: of Rādheya (Karna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रपश्यतः: while (he was) watching
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पश्य्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Pāṇḍaveya)
• Karna (Rādheya)
• Vāyavya Astra (Wind-weapon)
• clouds (abhrāṇi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steadiness under pressure is a warrior’s ethical strength: Arjuna remains asambhrānta (unshaken) and responds proportionately and skillfully, neutralizing the opponent’s tactic without losing self-control.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna’s action has produced obstructing clouds; Arjuna counters by deploying the Vāyavya Astra, which drives the clouds away in Karna’s sight, restoring visibility and momentum in the battle.