Shloka 12

प्राग्ज्योतिषे वज्रदत्त-धनंजय-समागमः

Vajradatta Confronts Dhanaṃjaya at Prāgjyotiṣa

Devanagari script

तथैवान्ये महेष्वासा ये च तस्यानुयायिन: । मुमुचु: शरवर्षाणि धनंजयवधैषिण:

Transliteration

tathaivānye maheṣvāsā ye ca tasyānuyāyinaḥ | mumucuḥ śaravarṣāṇi dhanaṃjayavadheṣiṇaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：同样地，其他强弓劲射之士——皆为其随从——也怀着欲杀檀那阇耶（阿周那）之心，倾下箭雨如注。

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महा-इष्वासाः: great archers
• महा-इष्वासाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तस्य: of him/that (one)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अनुयायिनः: followers
• अनुयायिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुयायिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुमुचुः: they released, let fly
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• शर-वर्षाणि: showers of arrows
• शर-वर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• धनंजय-वध-एषिणः: seeking the slaying of Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजय-वध-एषिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धनंजयवधैषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna)
• anuyāyinaḥ (followers)
• śara (arrows)
• dhanus (bow, implied by maheṣvāsāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how collective loyalty and martial zeal can converge into an uncompromising will to destroy an opponent; it invites reflection on the ethical weight of intention (eṣiṇaḥ) in warfare, not merely the act itself.

What is happening in the narrative?

After an initial attack (implied by ‘in the same way’), additional powerful archers—followers of a leader previously mentioned—join in and unleash volleys of arrows at Arjuna, specifically aiming to kill him.