Shloka 95

Devanagari script

विसृजास्त्रं परं पार्थ राधेयो ग्रसते शरान्‌ । ततो ब्रह्मास्त्रमत्युग्रं सम्मन्द्रय समयोजयत्‌

Transliteration

visṛjāstraṃ paraṃ pārtha rādheyo grasate śarān | tato brahmāstram atyugraṃ sammandraya samayojayat

Translation

“हे पार्थ, परम अस्त्र सोड; राधेय तुझे बाण गिळून टाकीत आहे.” मग मंत्रोच्चार करून त्याने अत्यंत उग्र ब्रह्मास्त्राचा संधान केला.

Word by Word

• विसृज: release, discharge
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+सृज्
• Form: Loṭ (Imperative), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अस्त्रम्: weapon (missile)
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परम्: supreme, highest
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पार्थ: O Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राधेयः: Rādheya (Karna)
• राधेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ग्रसते: swallows, devours
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रस्
• Form: Laṭ (Present), 3, Singular, Ātmanepada

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ब्रह्मास्त्रम्: the Brahmā-weapon (brahmāstra)
• ब्रह्मास्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अति-उग्रम्: exceedingly fierce
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + उग्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सम्-मन्त्र्य: having invoked/consulted (the mantra), having deliberated
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+मन्त्र्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (sense)

• समयोजयत्: he yoked/used/applied (it), set in motion
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+युज्
• Form: Laṅ (Imperfect), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• पार्थ / अर्जुन (Pārtha/Arjuna)
• राधेय / कर्ण (Rādheya/Karṇa)
• शर (arrows)
• ब्रह्मास्त्र (Brahmāstra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical pressure-point of warfare: when conventional means fail, warriors may escalate to devastating divine weapons. It implicitly raises the question of restraint (dharma) versus the drive to win, since the use of ultimate weapons can endanger far more than the immediate opponent.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a critical exchange where Karṇa (Rādheya) neutralizes or ‘swallows’ incoming arrows. In response, the combatant (contextually Arjuna/Pārtha) invokes and deploys the extremely fierce Brahmāstra, signaling a sharp escalation in the duel.