Shloka 35

Chapter 19: Prativyūha of the Pāṇḍavas — Vajra (Acala) Formation and Dawn Omens

Devanagari script

वज्रो नामैष स व्यूहो निर्भय: सर्वतोमुख: । चापविद्युद्ध्वजो घोरो गुप्तो गाण्डीवधन्चना,यह वज्र नामक व्यूह सर्वधा भयरहित तथा सब ओर मुखवाला था। उसके ध्वजके निकट सुवर्णभूषित धनुष विद्युतके समान प्रकाशित होता था। गाण्डीवधारी अर्जुनके द्वारा ही वह भयंकर व्यूह सुरक्षित था

Transliteration

vajro nāmaiṣa sa vyūho nirbhayaḥ sarvatomukhaḥ | cāpavidyuddhvajo ghoro gupto gāṇḍīvadhanvanā ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: “Esta formação de batalha chamava-se ‘Vajra’ (Trovão). Era destemida e voltada para todas as direções. Terrível de se ver, ostentava um estandarte como relâmpago sobre um arco; e era mantida sob firme proteção por Arjuna, o portador do Gāṇḍīva.”

Word by Word

वज्रःVajra (name/title)

नामname (as)

एषःthis

सःthat/he

व्यूहःbattle-array/formation

निर्भयःfearless

सर्वतःon all sides/from every direction

मुखःfaced (having a face)

चापविद्युत्bow-like lightning / lightning (as of a bow)

ध्वजःbanner/standard

घोरःterrible

गुप्तःprotected/guarded

गाण्डीवधन्वनाby the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Vajra-vyūha (battle formation)

Arjuna

Gāṇḍīva (bow)

Dhvaja (banner/standard)

Vidyut (lightning, as simile)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes