Shloka 23

Devanagari script

संधाय च शरं दीप्तमभिमन्त्रय स पाण्डव: पर्जन्यास्त्रेण संयोज्य सर्वलोकस्य पश्यत:

Transliteration

sandhāya ca śaraṃ dīptam abhimantrya sa pāṇḍavaḥ parjanyāstreṇa saṃyojya sarvalokasya paśyataḥ

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Sang Pāṇḍava memasang sebatang anak panah yang menyala, memperkasa­kannya dengan mantra, lalu menggabungkannya dengan senjata Parjanya; dan semuanya dilakukan di hadapan tatapan semua orang—menampakkan bukan sahaja kemahiran perang, tetapi juga tanggungjawab berat ketika menyeru kuasa kosmik di tengah peperangan.

Word by Word

• संधाय: having fixed/aimed (having set)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-धा
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भाव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शरम्: arrow
• शरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दीप्तम्: blazing, radiant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्त
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिमन्त्रय: consecrate/chant over (it)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-मन्त्र
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, Second, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पर्जन्यास्त्रेण: with the rain-weapon (Parjanya-astra)
• पर्जन्यास्त्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्जन्य-अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• संयोज्य: having joined/combined (it)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-युज्
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (gerund), परस्मैपद-भाव

• सर्वलोकस्य: of the whole world
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-लोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पश्यतः: while (it/they) were watching; of the onlooker
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्यत्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava
• śara (arrow)
• Parjanya-astra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that extraordinary power in war—especially mantra-invoked astras—must be exercised with awareness and accountability, since such acts affect not only opponents but the wider world that witnesses and bears the consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a Pāṇḍava warrior prepares a blazing arrow, sanctifies it with mantra, and then deploys it as the Parjanya-astra (a rain/thunder-related divine weapon), doing so openly before all onlookers.