Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तौ प्रगृह्य महावेगे धनुषी भीमनि:स्वने

Transliteration

tau pragṛhya mahāvege dhanuṣī bhīmaniḥsvane

Translation

तौ प्रगृह्य महावेगे धनुषी भीमनि:स्वने, पुनर्युद्धाय संहृष्टौ समरे समुपस्थितौ।

Word by Word

• तौ: those two (they two)
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• प्रगृह्य: having seized/taken up
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ग्रह्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• महावेगे: in/with (the) very swift (ones)
• महावेगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावेग
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Dual

• धनुषी: two bows
• धनुषी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• भीमनि:स्वने: in/with (the) terribly resounding (ones)
• भीमनि:स्वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमनि:स्वन
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• two bows (dhanuṣī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how instruments of war amplify fear and momentum: once powerful weapons are taken up, conflict tends to intensify. Ethically, it underscores the Mahābhārata’s recurring warning that martial capability and righteous intent must be governed by restraint, or violence becomes self-propelling.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that two bows—described as immensely forceful and thunderous—are taken up firmly, signaling immediate readiness for fierce fighting and the heightened intensity of the battlefield.