Shloka 7

अग्निभय-प्रसङ्गे मन्दपालस्य शोकः

Mandapāla’s Lament amid the Threat of Fire

Devanagari script

सर्वशस्त्रैरनाधृष्यं सर्वशस्त्रप्रमाथि च । सर्वायुधमहामात्र परसैन्यप्रधर्षणम्‌

Transliteration

sarvaśastrair anādhṛṣyaṃ sarvaśastra-pramāthi ca | sarvāyudha-mahāmātra para-sainya-pradharṣaṇam

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—అతడు ఏ శస్త్రముచేతనూ అజేయుడు; అలాగే సమస్త శస్త్రబలాన్ని నశింపజేయువాడు. సమస్తాయుధములకు మహాధిపతి, శత్రుసేనను ధ్వంసము చేయువాడు।

Word by Word

सर्वशस्त्रैःby/with all weapons

अनाधृष्यम्unassailable, not to be overpowered

सर्वशस्त्रप्रमाथिone who crushes/destroys all weapons

चand

सर्वायुधमहामात्रO great commander of all arms

परसैन्यप्रधर्षणम्the assailing/harassing of the enemy army

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

enemy army (para-sainya)

weapons/arms (śastra, āyudha)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ideal of disciplined martial excellence: true strength is not mere aggression but mastery—being difficult to harm, capable of neutralizing threats, and fit to lead. Ethically, it points to the responsibility that accompanies power: the capacity to protect and to end violence decisively when duty requires.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing a formidable figure in exalted terms—someone invulnerable to weapons, able to break the efficacy of opponents’ arms, and serving as a supreme commander who can rout an enemy army.