Shloka 75

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

अन्यत्‌ कार्मुकमादाय विपुलं बलवत्तरम्‌ | तत्र संधाय विपुलान्‌ भल्लान्‌ सप्त शिलाशितान्‌

Transliteration

anyat kārmukam ādāya vipulaṃ balavattaram | tatra saṃdhāya vipulān bhallān sapta śilāśitān |

Translation

Санджая сказал: Затем он взял другой лук — широкий и ещё более могучий — и там наложил на него семь больших стрел бхалла, отточенных камнем.

Word by Word

• अन्यत्: another
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कार्मुकम्: bow
• कार्मुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्मुक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), non-finite

• विपुलम्: large, broad
• विपुलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बलवत्तरम्: stronger
• बलवत्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Comparative (तर), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: there, in that (bow)
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• संधाय: having fixed/placed (on the bow), having fitted
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-धा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), non-finite

• विपुलान्: large
• विपुलान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भल्लान्: barbed arrows
• भल्लान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शिलाशितान्: sharpened on stone
• शिलाशितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिलाशित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle) from √शा/शि (to sharpen) with उपसर्ग/usage; meaning 'sharpened', शिलया आशिताः (sharpened on stone)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• kārmuka (bow)
• bhalla (arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined resolve in action: a warrior, facing a critical moment, deliberately selects a more powerful weapon and prepares a precise strike. Ethically, it reflects the harsh framework of kṣatriya-dharma in war—skill, readiness, and determination carried out without hesitation once battle is joined.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that the combatant takes up a different, stronger bow and fits seven large, stone-sharpened bhalla arrows to it, signaling preparation for a forceful, potentially decisive attack.