Shloka 5

Devanagari script

क्षणेन प्रेक्षतां तेषां विशल्य: सो5भवत्‌ तदा । तद्‌ दृष्टवा विस्मिता: सर्वे वासुदेवपुरोगमा:

Transliteration

kṣaṇena prekṣatāṃ teṣāṃ viśalyaḥ so 'bhavat tadā | tad dṛṣṭvā vismitāḥ sarve vāsudeva-purogamāḥ ||

Translation

دیکھتے ہی دیکھتے وہ ایک ہی لمحے میں تیروں سے پاک ہو گیا۔ یہ دیکھ کر واسودیو کی قیادت میں سب کے سب حیرت زدہ رہ گئے۔

Word by Word

क्षणेनin a moment; by a moment

प्रेक्षताम्of those who were looking on

तेषाम्of them

विशल्यःfree of the arrow/shaft; with the dart removed

सःhe

अभवत्became

तदाthen

तत्that (event/thing)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

विस्मिताःastonished

सर्वेall

वासुदेवपुरोगमाःthose led by Vāsudeva

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vāsudeva

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 power of sudden transformation—relief from suffering can arise swiftly and appear wondrous, especially when aligned with righteous support and the presence of exemplary leaders. Ethically, it reinforces steadiness and renewed confidence when dharmic order seems to reassert itself.

What is happening in the narrative?

While a group looks on, a person who had been afflicted by an embedded arrow becomes 'viśalya'—freed from it—almost instantly. The onlookers, with Vāsudeva at their head, react with amazement at the unexpected and immediate change.