Shloka 54

Devanagari script

तस्मादन्यद्‌ योजय सव्यसाचि- ज्लिति स्मोक्तोड्योजयत्‌ सव्यसाची । ततो दिश: प्रदिशश्चापि सर्वा: समावृणोत्‌ सायकैर्भूरितेजा:

Transliteration

tasmād anyad yojaya savyasāci-jliti smoktoḍyojayat savyasācī | tato diśaḥ pradiśaś cāpi sarvāḥ samāvṛṇot sāyakair bhūritejāḥ ||

Translation

“ଏହେତୁ, ହେ ସବ୍ୟସାଚୀ, ଅନ୍ୟ ଏକ (ଅସ୍ତ୍ର/ଉପାୟ) ଯୋଜନା କର!” ଏପରି କହି ପ୍ରେରିତ ହେଲେ ସବ୍ୟସାଚୀ ଅନ୍ୟଟିକୁ ପ୍ରୟୋଗ କଲେ। ତାପରେ ସେ ଭୂରିତେଜା ଯୋଦ୍ଧା ଶରଦ୍ୱାରା ସମସ୍ତ ଦିଗ ଓ ପ୍ରଦିଗକୁ ଆବୃତ କରିଦେଲେ।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, ablative, singular

• अन्यत्: another (thing/weapon)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• योजय: yoke/fit/apply (it)!
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: imperative, 2nd, singular, parasmaipada

• सव्यसाचिन्: O Savyasācin (Arjuna)
• सव्यसाचिन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun (epithet/proper name)
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• स्म: indeed/then (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म

• उक्तः: having been told/addressed
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: वच्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular, passive, past passive participle

• अयोजयत्: he yoked/fitted/applied
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: imperfect, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• सव्यसाची: Savyasācin (Arjuna)
• सव्यसाची: Karta
• Type: Noun (epithet/proper name)
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• दिशः: directions (quarters)
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: feminine, accusative, plural

• प्रदिशः: intermediate directions
• प्रदिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदिश्
• Form: feminine, accusative, plural

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: feminine, accusative, plural

• समावृणोत्: he covered/filled (completely)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ
• Form: imperfect, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• सायकैः: with arrows
• सायकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• भूरितेजाः: of great splendor/might
• भूरितेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरितेजस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Savyasācin (Arjuna)
• arrows (sāyaka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Within the Mahābhārata’s war-ethic, the verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma: when confronted with grave danger, a warrior may intensify his means to protect his side and restore tactical balance. The moral tension is not celebration of violence, but the duty-bound response under battlefield necessity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Arjuna (Savyasācin), prompted to employ another measure/weapon, deploys it and unleashes such a torrent of arrows that all directions and intermediate quarters appear covered—signaling a decisive surge in his offensive.