Shloka 35

मौसलपर्व — अध्याय ८

Arjuna’s evacuation of Dvārakā, Vasudeva’s rites, and the caravan’s crisis

Devanagari script

कृतकृत्यानि चास्त्राणि गतान्यद्य यथागतम्‌

Transliteration

kṛtakṛtyāni cāstrāṇi gatāny adya yathāgatam

Translation

ແລະອາວຸດທັງຫຼາຍ—ເມື່ອໄດ້ສໍາເລັດພາລະກິດຂອງຕົນແລ້ວ—ມື້ນີ້ກໍໄດ້ຈາກໄປ ກັບຄືນໄປດັ່ງທີ່ເຄີຍມາ. ຖ້ອຍຄໍານີ້ຊີ້ວ່າ ຄວາມຮຸນແຮງມີການປິດສຸດທາງທໍາ: ເຄື່ອງມືສົງຄາມບໍ່ແມ່ນຈຸດໝາຍ ແຕ່ເປັນວິທີການຊົ່ວຄາວ ທີ່ຖອນຕົວເມື່ອວຽກຕາມຊະຕາກໍາສໍາເລັດ.

Word by Word

कृतकृत्यानिhaving accomplished their purpose; done with their task

चand

अस्त्राणिweapons (missiles)

गतानिgone; departed; have gone

अद्यtoday; now

यथाas; just as

आगतम्come; arrived

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

astrāṇi (weapons)

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 the most formidable powers—especially weapons and violent means—are ultimately temporary and purposive: once their destined function is completed, they withdraw. The verse hints at ethical restraint and the inevitability of closure after conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa remarks that the astras (weapons/missiles) have completed their appointed task and have now departed, returning to their origin in the same way they appeared—signaling the winding down of destructive forces in the Mausala Parva context.