Shloka 44

Virāṭa’s Conciliation and Uttara’s Account of the Unseen Champion

Bṛhannadā/Arjuna

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तो देवराजस्तु पार्थभीष्मसमागमम्‌ | पूजयामास दिव्येन पुष्पवर्षेण भारत,जनमेजय! चित्रसेनके ऐसा कहनेपर देवराज इन्द्रने दिव्य पुष्पोंकी वर्षा करके अर्जुन और भीष्मके इस अदभुत संग्रामके प्रति आदर प्रकट किया

Transliteration

ity ukto devarājas tu pārtha-bhīṣma-samāgamam | pūjayāmāsa divyena puṣpa-varṣeṇa bhārata janamejaya ||

Translation

چترسین کے یوں کہنے پر دیوراج اندر نے پارتھ (ارجن) اور بھیشم کے اس حیرت انگیز معرکے کی تعظیم کی اور آسمانی پھولوں کی بارش سے اسے سرفراز کیا—ان کے غیر معمولی شجاعت اور دھرم سے لبریز جنگ کی ہیبت کے اعتراف میں۔

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

देवराजःthe king of gods (Indra)

तुbut/indeed

पार्थभीष्मसमागमम्the encounter/meeting of Partha (Arjuna) and Bhishma

पूजयामासhonoured / paid respect

दिव्येनwith divine

पुष्पवर्षेणwith a shower of flowers

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

जनमेजयO Janamejaya

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Indra (Devarāja)

Arjuna (Pārtha)

Bhīṣma

Janamejaya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in warfare, excellence and adherence to kṣatriya-dharma are to be honored; Indra’s flower-shower symbolizes divine recognition of valor and the solemnity of a righteous contest.

What is happening in the narrative?

After hearing what has been said, Indra responds by honoring the remarkable meeting/contest of Arjuna and Bhīṣma, expressing approval through a celestial shower of flowers.