Shloka 2

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 3: Karṇa’s training under Rāma Jāmadagnya and the Bhārgava restriction on the Brahmāstra

Devanagari script

तस्मै स विधिवत कृत्स्नं ब्रह्मास्त्रं सनिवर्तनम्‌ प्रोवाचाखिलमव्यग्रं तपस्वी तत्‌ तपस्विने

Transliteration

tasmai sa vidhivat kṛtsnaṃ brahmāstraṃ sanivartanam | provācākhilam avyagraṃ tapasvī tat tapasvine ||

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਤਪਸਵੀ ਪਰਸ਼ੁਰਾਮ ਨੇ ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ, ਉਪਸੰਹਾਰ (ਵਾਪਸੀ) ਸਮੇਤ ਪੂਰਾ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾਸਤਰ ਸ਼ਾਂਤ ਚਿੱਤ ਨਾਲ, ਬਿਨਾ ਵਿਖਰਾਅ ਦੇ, ਕਰਨ ਨੂੰ ਸਮਝਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ—ਜਿਵੇਂ ਇੱਕ ਤਪਸਵੀ ਦੂਜੇ ਤਪਸਵੀ ਨੂੰ ਸਿਖਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विधिवत्: according to rule; duly
• विधिवत्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत्

• कृत्स्नम्: entire; whole
• कृत्स्नम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मास्त्रम्: the Brahmā-weapon (Brahmāstra)
• ब्रह्मास्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स-निवर्तनम्: together with withdrawal/recall (the retraction formula)
• स-निवर्तनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निवर्तन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रोवाच: taught; told; instructed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अखिलम्: completely; in full
• अखिलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अव्यग्रम्: unagitated; with calm mind (as the disciple)
• अव्यग्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यग्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तपस्वी: the ascetic
• तपस्वी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that (weapon/knowledge)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तपस्विने: to the ascetic
• तपस्विने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Brahmāstra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That the transmission of immense power must be governed by rule (vidhi), composure, and ethical restraint—true mastery includes knowing both how to release a weapon and how to withdraw it, preventing uncontrolled harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada narrates that an ascetic instructor teaches a disciple the complete Brahmāstra, explicitly including its recall/cessation procedure, and does so calmly and thoroughly in a disciplined guru–disciple setting.