Shloka 114

Vāsudeva-Māhātmya: Duryodhana’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Theological Account of Keśava

Devanagari script

तेनोत्तमास्त्रेण ततो महात्मा सर्वाण्यनीकानि महाथनुष्मान्‌ | शरौघजालैरविंमलाग्निवर्ण- निवारयामास किरीटमाली

Transliteration

tenottamāstreṇa tato mahātmā sarvāṇy anīkāni mahādhanuṣmān | śaraughajālair avimalāgnivarṇa-nivārayāmāsa kirīṭamālī ||

Translation

ତାପରେ କିରୀଟଧାରୀ ମହାତ୍ମା ମହାଧନୁର୍ଧର ଅର୍ଜୁନ ସେଇ ଉତ୍ତମ ଅସ୍ତ୍ରଦ୍ୱାରା ନିର୍ମଳ ଓ ଅଗ୍ନିବର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଦୀପ୍ତ ବାଣମାଳାର ଜାଲ ପ୍ରସାରିତ କରି କୌରବମାନଙ୍କ ସମସ୍ତ ସେନାବ୍ୟୂହକୁ ଆଗେ ବଢ଼ିବାରୁ ରୋକିଦେଲେ।

Word by Word

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• उत्तम-अस्त्रेण: by the excellent weapon
• उत्तम-अस्त्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तम + अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• महात्मा: the great-souled one
• महात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अनीकानि: armies/forces
• अनीकानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• महाधनुष्मान्: the great bowman (having a great bow)
• महाधनुष्मान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाधनुष्मत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शर-ओघ-जालैः: with nets/masses of torrents of arrows
• शर-ओघ-जालैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर + ओघ + जाल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• विमल-अग्नि-वर्णैः: with (arrows) of pure, fire-like color
• विमल-अग्नि-वर्णैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल + अग्नि + वर्ण
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• निवारयामास: checked/held back/prevented
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वॄ (वारणे)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• किरीट-माली: the diadem-wearer
• किरीट-माली: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीट + मालिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Kirīṭamālī)
• Kaurava army/formations
• uttamāstra (supreme weapon)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined power in dharmic warfare: a warrior may employ superior skill and weapons to restrain and halt unjust advance, emphasizing control and protection rather than uncontrolled destruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Arjuna, the diadem-wearing great archer, uses a supreme weapon to unleash a blazing, net-like shower of arrows that blocks the Kaurava formations and prevents them from moving forward.