Shloka 13

Devanagari script

देवराजो5पि तं दृष्टवा संरब्ध॑ समरे<र्जुनम्‌ । स्वमस्त्रमसृजत्‌ तीव्रं छादयित्वाखिलं नभः

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | devarājo 'pi taṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃrabdhaṃ samare 'rjunam | svam astram asṛjat tīvraṃ chādayitvākhilaṃ nabhaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：见阿周那在战阵中怒势汹汹，天帝亦放出自身的猛烈神兵，遮蔽了整个天空。

Word by Word

• देवराजः: the king of gods (Indra)
• देवराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• संरब्धम्: enraged, furious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संरब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्वम्: his own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अस्त्रम्: weapon (missile)
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• असृजत्: he released, discharged
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तीव्रम्: fierce, intense
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• छादयित्वा: having covered (causing to be covered)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छद्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund) with causative formation, Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• अखिलम्: entire, whole
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नभः: the sky
• नभः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Devarāja (Indra)
• Astra (divine weapon)
• Sky (nabhas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral danger of unchecked anger in warfare: when wrath rises, responses tend to escalate, drawing even greater powers into conflict. It implicitly values self-control and discernment (dharma) over mere might.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the battle scene, Arjuna is seen fighting in a provoked, wrathful state. Indra, the king of the gods, responds by releasing his own powerful divine missile, so potent that it seems to cover the whole sky.