Shloka 10

Divyāstrāṇāṃ Pradarśana-nivāraṇa

Display of Divine Weapons and Its Prohibition

Devanagari script

ततो5हमग्निं व्यधमं सलिलास्त्रेण सर्वश: । शैलेन च महास्त्रेण वायोरवेगमधारयम्‌,फिर तो मैंने वारुणास्त्रसे वह सारी आग बुझा दी और महान्‌ शैलास्त्रका प्रयोग करके मायामय वायुका वेग कुण्ठित कर दिया

Transliteration

tato 'ham agniṃ vyadhamaṃ salilāstreṇa sarvaśaḥ | śailena ca mahāstreṇa vāyor vegam adhārayam |

Translation

Rồi ta dùng thủy thần khí—mũi tên của Varuṇa—dập tắt hoàn toàn ngọn lửa ấy. Và bằng thần khí Núi non hùng mạnh, ta chặn đứng, kìm hãm sức gió cuồng nộ.

Word by Word

ततःthen/from thereupon

अहम्I

अग्निम्fire

व्यधमम्I blew away / I extinguished (by blowing)

सलिलास्त्रेणwith the water-weapon (Varuṇa-weapon)

सर्वशःentirely, on all sides

शैलेनwith a mountain/rock

चand

महास्त्रेणwith the great weapon

वायोःof the wind

वेगम्speed, force

अधारयम्I checked/held back

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Agni (fire)

Varuṇāstra (water-weapon)

Śailāstra (mountain-weapon)

Vāyu (wind)

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

What is the core teaching?

Power must be governed by restraint and discernment: even when one possesses formidable weapons, their proper use is to neutralize harm and restore balance rather than to escalate destruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna describes how he countered hostile forces: he put out a spreading fire with the water-weapon (Varuṇāstra) and then used the great Mountain-weapon (Śailāstra) to check the violent rush of wind.