Shloka 58

निवातकवचवधः — Arjuna’s Neutralization of the Nivātakavacas

Vajra-astra deployment

Devanagari script

स च गान्धर्वमखिलं ग्राहयामास मां नृप । तत्राहमवसं राजन गृहीतास्त्र: सुपूजित:

Transliteration

sa ca gāndharvam akhilaṁ grāhayāmāsa māṁ nṛpa | tatrāham avasaṁ rājan gṛhītāstraḥ supūjitaḥ ||

Translation

At itinuro niya sa akin ang buong agham ng mga Gandharva, O hari. Doon ako namuhay nang ilang panahon, O pinuno, na tumanggap ng mga banal na sandata at pinarangalan nang lubos.

Word by Word

सःhe

चand

गान्धर्वम्Gāndharva (celestial) lore/skill (music/knowledge)

अखिलम्entire, complete

ग्राहयामासcaused (me) to learn / taught

माम्me

नृपO king

तत्रthere

अहम्I

अवसम्lived, stayed

राजन्O king

गृहीतास्त्रःhaving acquired weapons (trained in arms)

सुपूजितःwell-honoured, highly respected

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

King (addressed: nṛpa/rājan)

Gandharva-lore (gāndharvam)

Divine weapons (astra)

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?

True capability is grounded in disciplined learning under a qualified guide, and power (weapons/skills) should be received with humility and used responsibly within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna tells the king that his instructor taught him the complete Gandharva discipline; Arjuna stayed there for some time, honored and having obtained the (divine) weapons.