Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यस्मिज्छुलसहस््राणि गदाश्षोग्रप्रदर्शना: । शराश्षाशीविषाकारा: सम्भवन्त्यनुमन्त्रिते,मुझे वह अस्त्र प्रदान कीजिये, जिससे संग्राममें दानवों, राक्षसों, भूतों, पिशाचों, गन्धवों तथा नागोंको भस्म कर सकूँ। जिस अस्त्रके अभिमन्त्रित करते ही सहस्रों शूल, देखनेमें भयंकर गदाएँ और विषैले सर्पोके समान बाण प्रकट हों

Transliteration

yasmin śūla-sahasrāṇi gadāś cogrā-pradarśanāḥ | śarāś cāśīviṣākārāḥ sambhavanti anumantṛte ||

Translation

အာర్జုနက ပြောသည်– «စစ်မြေပြင်၌ ဒာနဝ၊ ရာက္ခသ၊ ဘူတ၊ ပိသာစ၊ ဂန္ဓဗ္ဗနှင့် နာဂတို့ကို ပြာကျအောင် လျှော့ချနိုင်သော အာယုဓကို ကျွန်ုပ်အား ပေးသနားပါ။ မန္တရဖြင့် အာနုဘော်တင်လိုက်သည်နှင့် တံခွန်သုံးချောင်းများ အထောင်ပေါင်းများစွာ၊ ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ် ဂဒါများနှင့် အဆိပ်ပြင်းမြွေသဏ္ဌာန်ရှိသော မြားများ ပေါ်ထွန်းလာစေသော မန္တရသက်ရောက် အစတြကို ကျွန်ုပ်လိုအပ်ပါသည်။»

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'yasmin', 'definition': 'in which

• by which (relative pronoun referring to the weapon)'}, {'term': 'śūla', 'definition': 'spear, pike, trident-like weapon'}, {'term': 'sahasrāṇi', 'definition': 'thousands'}, {'term': 'gadā', 'definition': 'mace, club (heavy striking weapon)'}, {'term': 'ugra', 'definition': 'fierce, dreadful, formidable'}, {'term': 'pradarśanāḥ', 'definition': 'in appearance

• showing/manifesting (here: dreadful to behold)'}, {'term': 'śara', 'definition': 'arrow'}, {'term': 'āśīviṣa', 'definition': 'venomous serpent (lit. ‘poisoned snake’)'}, {'term': 'ākāra', 'definition': 'form, shape, likeness'}, {'term': 'sambhavanti', 'definition': 'come into being, arise, appear'}, {'term': 'anumantṛte', 'definition': 'when empowered/authorized by mantra

• upon being consecrated (instrumental/locative sense: ‘on being enchanted’)'}]

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• astra (divine weapon)
• śūla (spears)
• gadā (maces)
• śara (arrows)
• āśīviṣa (venomous serpents)
• Dānavas
• Rākṣasas
• Bhūtas
• Piśācas
• Gandharvas
• Nāgas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the immense potency of mantra-empowered weapons and implicitly raises the ethical demand for restraint: such destructive power is sought not for cruelty but for safeguarding dharma against hostile, disruptive forces.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna petitions for a specific astra whose consecration by mantra instantly manifests overwhelming armaments—spears, fearsome maces, and serpent-like arrows—so he can defeat various non-human adversarial beings in battle.