Shloka 52

Devanagari script

सोअन्यत्‌ कार्मुकमादाय गाड़ेयो बलवत्तरम्‌

Transliteration

so 'nyat kārmukam ādāya gāḍheyo balavattaram

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– ထို့နောက် ဘီရှ္မသည် အခြားလေးတစ်လက်ကို ကိုင်ယူ하였다။ ထိုလေးသည် ပိုမိုခိုင်မာ၍ ပိုမိုအားကောင်းသဖြင့်၊ သူသည် အင်အားသစ်ဖြင့် တိုက်ပွဲကို ဆက်လက် ဆင်နွှဲရန် ပြင်ဆင်ကာ စစ်မြေပြင်၏ ဖိအားအလယ်၌ မလျော့မတင်း သန္နိဋ္ဌာန်ကို ပြသ하였다။

Word by Word

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

• अन्यत्: another
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कार्मुकम्: bow
• कार्मुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्मुक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• गाडेयः: Gāḍeya (a person)
• गाडेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun (Proper name)
• Root: गाडेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलवत्तरम्: stronger
• बलवत्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, Comparative

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bow (kārmuka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights perseverance and steadiness under adversity: when one means fails or proves insufficient, one should regain composure, adopt a stronger means, and continue one’s duty with firmness—especially in the context of a warrior’s obligation in battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Sañjaya’s battlefield report, a combatant (implied by context) takes up a different bow that is firmer and more powerful, indicating a tactical and psychological reset to continue the engagement with greater strength.