Shloka 25

Chapter 30: Formation Disruption, Competing War-Cries, and Nīla’s Fall

Droṇa-parva

Devanagari script

हते तस्मिज्जलौघास्तु प्रादुरासन्‌ भयानका: । अम्भसस्तस्य नाशार्थमादित्यास्त्रमथार्जुन:

Transliteration

hate tasmiñ jalaughās tu prādurāsan bhayānakāḥ | ambhasas tasya nāśārtham ādityāstram athārjunaḥ ||

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– ထိုသူကို သတ်ပြီးနောက် ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ် ရေတံခွန်ကြီးများက ရုတ်တရက် ပေါ်ထွန်းလာ하였다။ ထို့ကြောင့် အာర్జုနသည် ထိုရေထုကြီးကို ဖျက်ဆီးရန် အာဒိတျယအஸ္တရ (Āditya) ကို အသုံးပြု하였다။ ဤဖြစ်ရပ်သည် စစ်၏အရှုပ်အထွေးအတွင်း တုံ့ပြန်မှုသည် ခွဲခြားသိမြင်မှုဖြင့် ဦးဆောင်ရမည်ကို ပြသသည်—အာဏာကို အလွန်အကျွံမသုံးဘဲ နီးကပ်လာသော အန္တရာယ်ကိုသာ တားဆီးဖျက်သိမ်းရန် ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• हते: when (he/it) was slain
• हते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in/when that (was the case)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जलौघाः: floods/streams of water
• जलौघाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलौघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• प्रादुरासन्: appeared/arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु) with प्रादुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• भयानकाः: terrifying
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयानक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अम्भसः: of the water
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of that/its
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नाशार्थम्: for the destruction
• नाशार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आदित्यास्त्रम्: the Āditya weapon (Sun-weapon)
• आदित्यास्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य + अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Ādityāstra (solar weapon)
• jalaugha (torrents/floods of water)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid violent conflict, power should be applied proportionately and purposefully: Arjuna uses a specific counter-weapon to remove an immediate threat (the terrifying flood), illustrating disciplined action rather than uncontrolled destruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a combatant is slain, dreadful torrents of water manifest on the battlefield. To neutralize this watery onslaught, Arjuna deploys the Āditya-astra, a solar divine weapon, to destroy or dry up the threatening mass of water.