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Shloka 31

Brahmaśirastra-pratisaṃhāra — Retraction and redirection of the supreme weapon

Sauptika Parva, Adhyāya 15

यत्तु मे भगवानाह तन्मे कार्यमनन्तरम्‌ | अयं मणिरयं चाहमीषिका तु पतिष्यति

yat tu me bhagavān āha tan me kāryam anantaram | ayaṃ maṇir ayaṃ cāham īṣikā tu patiṣyati |

แต่ข้าแต่ฤๅษีผู้ควรบูชา พระผู้เป็นเจ้าทรงมีพระบัญชาแก่ข้าอย่างไร ข้าก็จำต้องกระทำโดยพลัน นี่คือแก้วมณี และนี่คือข้าผู้ยอมสยบ แต่หญ้าปลายนี้ซึ่งถูกอาคมด้วยอาวุธทิพย์จักตกต้องทารกในครรภ์แห่งวงศ์ปาณฑพเป็นแน่ เพราะอาวุธอันประเสริฐนี้ไม่เคยพลาดเลย ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ข้าไม่อาจถอนอาวุธนี้คืนได้เมื่อได้ปล่อยออกไปแล้ว

यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
मेto me / of me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormDative/Genitive, Singular
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आहsaid
आह:
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (ब्रू/वच्-अर्थे), परस्मैपदी
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
मेmy
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
कार्यम्duty / what is to be done
कार्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकार्य (कृ + यत्)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अनन्तरम्immediately / without delay
अनन्तरम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootअनन्तर
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (adverbial use), Singular
अयम्this
अयम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मणिःjewel
मणिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमणि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अयम्this
अयम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
ईषिकाreed/arrow-like blade (a stalk)
ईषिका:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootईषिका
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तुhowever
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
पतिष्यतिwill fall
पतिष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
B
Bhagavān (the Lord)
M
maṇi (jewel)
Ī
īṣikā (blade of grass/reed)
D
divyāstra (divine weapon/missile)
P
Pāṇḍavas
G
garbhastha śiśu (unborn child/children)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights dharma as immediate obedience to rightful command and the moral weight of actions once set in motion: a weapon released—especially one empowered as ‘unfailing’—cannot be casually recalled, so restraint and responsibility must precede its use.

The speaker submits to the Lord’s instruction by offering the jewel and himself, yet warns that the consecrated īṣikā carrying a divine missile will still strike the Pāṇḍavas’ unborn offspring, because the weapon is described as amogha (infallible) and cannot be withdrawn after release.