Shloka 20
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
Devanagari script
यथा हि भगवान ग्निर्जगद् दग्ध्वा चराचरम्
Transliteration
yathā hi bhagavān agnir jagad dagdhvā carācaram
Translation
Sañjaya nói: “Cũng như Thần Lửa chí tôn, sau khi thiêu rụi toàn cõi thế gian—cả loài động lẫn loài bất động—…,”
Word by Word
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
भगवान्the blessed/divine (one)
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अग्निःfire
अग्निः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जगत्the world
जगत्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजगत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
दग्ध्वाhaving burned
दग्ध्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदह्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
चराचरम्the moving and the unmoving (all beings)
चराचरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचराचर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaA
Agni (Fire)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
The verse initiates a simile of fire consuming all creation, highlighting the indiscriminate nature of overwhelming destructive power and implicitly stressing the moral weight of actions in war that can engulf both the guilty and the innocent.
Sañjaya begins a comparison (yathā…) using Agni burning the entire moving-and-unmoving world as an image, setting up a description of a similarly all-consuming event or warrior’s impact in the battle narrative.