Shloka 4
Adhyāya 168: Arjuna’s counters to māyā-rains and the onset of darkness
Nivātakavaca engagement
सम्यग वा ते गृहीतानि कच्चिदस्त्राणि पाण्डव । कच्चित् सुराधिप: प्रीतो रुद्रो वास्त्राण्यदात् तव
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
samyag vā te gṛhītāni kaccid astrāṇi pāṇḍava |
kaccit surādhipaḥ prīto rudro vā astrāṇy adāt tava ||
Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi Pāṇḍava, em đã thật sự tinh thông những vũ khí mình nhận được chăng? Và chúa tể chư thiên—Indra—hay Rudra, khi hài lòng về em, đã ban cho em các thần tiễn chăng?”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power (astrāṇi) must be rightly acquired and mastered (samyak gṛhītāni), and its legitimate use depends on divine and ethical sanction—symbolized by Indra and Rudra granting weapons only when pleased (prītaḥ).
Vaiśampāyana reports an inquiry addressed to the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna): whether he has properly learned the weapons and whether Indra or Rudra, satisfied with him, has bestowed divine missiles—signaling readiness for the coming conflict.