Shloka 30

Kaurava Mobilization at Kurukṣetra (Duryodhana Orders War Preparations) / कुरुक्षेत्रे धार्तराष्ट्र-सैन्यसज्जा

Devanagari script

यस्य संग्राममध्ये तु दिव्यमस्त्र प्रकुर्वत: । रूप॑ द्रक्ष्यन्ति पुरुषा रामस्येव महात्मन:

Transliteration

yasya saṅgrāmamadhye tu divyam astraṃ prakurvataḥ | rūpaṃ drakṣyanti puruṣā rāmasyeva mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

యుద్ధమధ్యంలో అతడు దివ్యాస్త్రాన్ని ప్రయోగించినప్పుడు, మనుష్యులు అతని రూపాన్ని మహాత్ముడు రామునివలె దర్శిస్తారు.

Word by Word

यस्यof whom/whose

संग्राममध्येin the midst of battle

तुindeed/but

दिव्यम्divine

अस्त्रम्weapon (missile)

प्रकुर्वतःof (him) who is employing/performing

रूपम्form/appearance

द्रक्ष्यन्तिwill see

पुरुषाःmen/warriors

रामस्यof Rama

इवlike/as

महात्मनःof the great-souled (one)

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena

Rāma

divya astra (celestial weapon)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the overwhelming, almost sacred aura produced when a warrior deploys a divine weapon, implying that such extraordinary power carries ethical gravity: it inspires awe, but it also demands disciplined restraint and righteous intent.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīmasena is describing a warrior whose appearance in battle, at the moment of employing a celestial weapon, will be so formidable that onlookers will perceive him like the great-souled Rāma—an emblem of unmatched martial splendor.