Shloka 5

Devanagari script

क्षणेन प्रेक्षतां तेषां विशल्य: सो5भवत्‌ तदा । तद्‌ दृष्टवा विस्मिता: सर्वे वासुदेवपुरोगमा:

Transliteration

kṣaṇena prekṣatāṃ teṣāṃ viśalyaḥ so 'bhavat tadā | tad dṛṣṭvā vismitāḥ sarve vāsudeva-purogamāḥ ||

Translation

顷刻之间，在众目睽睽之下，他便成了无箭之身。见此情景，众人——以婆苏提婆为首——无不惊叹。

Word by Word

• क्षणेन: in a moment; by a moment
• क्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रेक्षताम्: of those who were looking on
• प्रेक्षताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ईक्ष्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Participle (Shatṛ), Genitive Plural (Masculine/Neuter)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• विशल्यः: free of the arrow/shaft; with the dart removed
• विशल्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• तत्: that (event/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada-usage

• विस्मिताः: astonished
• विस्मिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वासुदेवपुरोगमाः: those led by Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवपुरोगमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव-पुरोगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vāsudeva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the power of sudden transformation—relief from suffering can arise swiftly and appear wondrous, especially when aligned with righteous support and the presence of exemplary leaders. Ethically, it reinforces steadiness and renewed confidence when dharmic order seems to reassert itself.

What is happening in the narrative?

While a group looks on, a person who had been afflicted by an embedded arrow becomes 'viśalya'—freed from it—almost instantly. The onlookers, with Vāsudeva at their head, react with amazement at the unexpected and immediate change.