Shloka 12

Devanagari script

ततो जिष्णु: सहस्राक्षं खं वितत्याशुगै: शरै: । योधयामास संक्रुद्धो वज्चनां तामनुस्मरन्‌

Transliteration

tato jiṣṇuḥ sahasrākṣaṃ khaṃ vitatyāśugaiḥ śaraiḥ | yodhayāmāsa saṃkruddho vañcanāṃ tām anusmaran ||

Translation

پھر اُس فریب کو بار بار یاد کر کے غضبناک جِشنو ارجن نے تیز رفتار تیروں سے آسمان کو ڈھانپ دیا اور ہزار آنکھوں والے اِندر کے ساتھ جنگ چھیڑ دی۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: avyaya (ablatival adverb)

• जिष्णुः: Arjuna (the victorious one)
• जिष्णुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिष्णु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सहस्राक्षम्: the thousand-eyed one (Indra)
• सहस्राक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्राक्ष
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• खम्: the sky
• खम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• वितत्य: having spread/covered
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-तन्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable

• आशुगैः: with swift-moving
• आशुगैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशुग
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• योधयामास: he fought (with), engaged in battle
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada, causative sense ('made fight/fought with')

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-क्रुध्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular (past passive participle)

• वञ्चनाम्: deceit, trickery
• वञ्चनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वञ्चना
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• ताम्: that (deceit)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• अनुस्मरन्: remembering repeatedly
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-स्मृ
• Form: present active participle (शतृ), masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Arjuna (Jiṣṇu)
• Indra (Sahasrākṣa)
• arrows (śara)
• sky (kha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how brooding over perceived deception can intensify anger and drive even a righteous warrior into escalating conflict, suggesting an ethical caution: memory of injury, if unchecked, can override restraint and lead to confrontation even with higher powers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Arjuna, furious as he recalls a deception, releases a rapid barrage of arrows that seems to blanket the sky and begins fighting Indra.