Shloka 75

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

अन्यत्‌ कार्मुकमादाय विपुलं बलवत्तरम्‌ | तत्र संधाय विपुलान्‌ भल्लान्‌ सप्त शिलाशितान्‌

Transliteration

anyat kārmukam ādāya vipulaṃ balavattaram | tatra saṃdhāya vipulān bhallān sapta śilāśitān |

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Rồi ông cầm lấy một cây cung khác, to rộng và mạnh mẽ hơn. Ngay tại đó, ông lắp vào bảy mũi tên bhalla lớn, được mài sắc bằng đá.

Word by Word

• अन्यत्: another
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कार्मुकम्: bow
• कार्मुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्मुक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), non-finite

• विपुलम्: large, broad
• विपुलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बलवत्तरम्: stronger
• बलवत्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Comparative (तर), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: there, in that (bow)
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• संधाय: having fixed/placed (on the bow), having fitted
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-धा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), non-finite

• विपुलान्: large
• विपुलान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भल्लान्: barbed arrows
• भल्लान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शिलाशितान्: sharpened on stone
• शिलाशितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिलाशित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle) from √शा/शि (to sharpen) with उपसर्ग/usage; meaning 'sharpened', शिलया आशिताः (sharpened on stone)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• kārmuka (bow)
• bhalla (arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined resolve in action: a warrior, facing a critical moment, deliberately selects a more powerful weapon and prepares a precise strike. Ethically, it reflects the harsh framework of kṣatriya-dharma in war—skill, readiness, and determination carried out without hesitation once battle is joined.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that the combatant takes up a different, stronger bow and fits seven large, stone-sharpened bhalla arrows to it, signaling preparation for a forceful, potentially decisive attack.