Mahabharata — Karna Parva, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

जिधघांसते देवरिपून्‌ सुरेश्वर: स्वयं ददौ यत्‌ सुमना: किरीटिने । हराम्बुपाखण्डल वित्तगोप्तृभि: पिनाकपाशाशनिसायकोत्तमै:

Transliteration

jidhaghāṁsate devaripūn sureśvaraḥ svayaṁ dadau yat sumanāḥ kirīṭine | harāmbupākhaṇḍala vittagoptṛbhiḥ pinākapāśāśanisāyakottamaiḥ ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—เพื่อทำลายศัตรูแห่งทวยเทพ จอมเทพได้ทรงมีพระทัยเอื้อเฟื้อประทานศัสตราวุธชั้นเลิศแก่ยอดวีรบุรุษผู้สวมมงกุฎ—คืออาวุธอันเกี่ยวเนื่องกับหระ (พระศิวะ), อัมพุ (พระวรุณ), ปาขัณฑละ (พระอินทรา), ผู้พิทักษ์ทรัพย์ (ท้าวกุเวร) และอื่น ๆ ได้แก่ พินาก บ่วง วัชระ และศรอันยอดเยี่ยม

Word by Word

• जिघांसते: wishes to kill / intends to slay
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (√हन्)
• Form: Lat (Present), Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• देव-रिपून्: enemies of the gods
• देव-रिपून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवरिपु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सुर-ईश्वरः: the lord of the gods (Indra)
• सुर-ईश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वयम्: himself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (√दा)
• Form: Liṭ (Perfect), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सु-मनाः: kind-minded / gracious
• सु-मनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• किरीटिने: to the diademed one (Arjuna)
• किरीटिने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीटिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• हर-अम्बु-पाखण्डल-वित्त-गोप्तृभिः: by (those) protectors/guardians—Hara, Ambu, Pākhaṇḍala, and the guardians of wealth
• हर-अम्बु-पाखण्डल-वित्त-गोप्तृभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर + अम्बु + पाखण्डल + वित्त + गोप्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पिनाक-पाश-अशनि-सायक-उत्तमैः: with the best weapons—Pināka, noose, thunderbolt, and arrows
• पिनाक-पाश-अशनि-सायक-उत्तमैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाक + पाश + अशनि + सायक + उत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Indra (Sureśvara, Pākhaṇḍala)
• Arjuna (Kirīṭin)
• Śiva (Hara)
• Varuṇa (Ambu)
• Kubera (Vittagoptṛ)
• Pināka (bow)
• Pāśa (noose)
• Aśani/Vajra (thunderbolt)
• Sāyaka (arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power in war is portrayed as legitimate when aligned with the protection of cosmic order: divine gifts are granted not for vanity but for the destruction of forces hostile to dharma, emphasizing responsibility and right intention behind strength.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes how Indra, intending the defeat of the gods’ enemies, personally bestows supreme divine weapons upon Arjuna (the diadem-wearer), naming renowned weapons linked with major deities such as Śiva, Varuṇa, Indra, and Kubera.