Shloka 37
Origin of the Lunar Dynasty: Soma’s Rise, the Tārā Abduction War, Budha–Purūravas Genealogy, and Kārtavīrya Arjuna
शस्त्रैरथान्योन्यमशेषसैन्यं द्वयोर्जगामक्षयमुग्रतीक्ष्णैः । पतंति शस्त्राणि तथोज्वलानि स्वर्भूमिपातालमलं दहंति
śastrairathānyonyamaśeṣasainyaṃ dvayorjagāmakṣayamugratīkṣṇaiḥ | pataṃti śastrāṇi tathojvalāni svarbhūmipātālamalaṃ dahaṃti
ତାପରେ ଉଗ୍ର ଓ ଅତିତୀକ୍ଷ୍ଣ ଶସ୍ତ୍ରଦ୍ୱାରା ଉଭୟ ପକ୍ଷର ସମଗ୍ର ସେନା ପରସ୍ପରକୁ କ୍ଷୟ କରିଦେଲା। ଏବଂ ସେଇ ଜ୍ୱଳନ୍ତ ଶସ୍ତ୍ରଗୁଡ଼ିକ ପଡ଼ିପଡ଼ି ସ୍ୱର୍ଗ, ପୃଥିବୀ ଓ ପାତାଳକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଦହିଦେଲା।
Narrator (contextual battle description; specific speaker not explicit in the given verse)
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: शस्त्रैरथ = शस्त्रैः + अथ; अथान्योन्यमशेषसैन्यम् = अथ + अन्योन्यम् + अशेषसैन्यम्; जगामक्षयम् = जगाम + क्षयम्; उग्रतीक्ष्णैः = उग्र-तीक्ष्णैः; तथोज्वलानि = तथा + उज्वलानि; स्वर्भूमिपातालम् = स्वः + भूमि + पातालम्
FAQs
It presents a three-tier cosmos—heaven (svar), earth (bhūmi), and the netherworlds (pātāla)—and uses them as a scale to show how intense the conflict is: the weapons’ heat is described as affecting all realms.
Not directly. This is primarily a narrative depiction of battle and destruction; any devotional (bhakti) teaching would depend on the broader chapter context rather than this verse alone.
The imagery underscores the catastrophic, all-consuming nature of violence: mutual aggression leads to collective ruin, portrayed as so severe that it metaphorically scorches the entire cosmic order.