Shloka 46

Sainyasaṅgraha and Bhāga-Vyavasthā (Forces Assembled and Rival Allocations) | सैन्यसंग्रह-भागव्यवस्था

Devanagari script

कस्तांस्तरस्विनो भूय: संदीपयति पाण्डवान्‌ | अर्चिष्मतो महेष्वासान्‌ हविषा पावकानिव

Transliteration

kas tāṁs tarasvino bhūyaḥ sandīpayati pāṇḍavān | arcīṣmato maheṣvāsān haviṣā pāvakān iva, sañjaya |

Translation

دُریودھن نے کہا—سنجے! میرے سامنے پھر پاندَووں کی تدبیروں اور حرکات کا بیان کرو۔ وہ کون سا سورما ہے جو تیزرو، درخشاں، عظیم کمان دار پاندَووں کو بار بار اسی طرح جوش دلاتا ہے جیسے گھی کی آہوتی سے آگ بھڑک اٹھتی ہے؟

Word by Word

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तरस्विनः: swift/impetuous
• तरस्विनः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तरस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भूयः: again, repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्
• Form: true

• संदीपयति: kindles, incites
• Type: Verb
• Root: संदीपय् (दीप्/दीपय्)
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डवान्: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अर्चिष्मतः: radiant, blazing
• अर्चिष्मतः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्चिष्मत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महेष्वासान्: great bowmen
• महेष्वासान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हविषा: with oblation (ghee, offering)
• हविषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पावकान्: fires
• पावकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: true

• संजय: O Sanjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• दुर्योधन (Duryodhana)
• संजय (Sanjaya)
• पाण्डव (Pandavas)
• पावक/अग्नि (Fire/Agni)
• हविस् (oblations, ghee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how conflict can be intensified by an instigator: powerful agents (the Pandavas) become even more formidable when repeatedly provoked—like fire fed by ghee—warning that words, counsel, and influence can ethically escalate war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana presses Sanjaya to recount the Pandavas’ current intentions and actions, and he pointedly asks who is the person repeatedly stirring them up, using the sacrificial-fire simile to convey rising martial fervor.