Shloka 20

Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 77 — Saindhava resistance, Arjuna’s restraint, and Duḥśalā’s supplication

Devanagari script

एवमासीत्‌ तदा वीरे शरवर्षेण संवृते । फाल्गुने भरतश्रेष्ठ तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्‌,भरतश्रेष्ठ] वीर अर्जुनके उस समय शत्रुओंकी बाण-वर्षसे आच्छादित हो जानेपर ऐसे-ऐसे उत्पात प्रकट होने लगे। वह अद्भुत-सी बात हुई

Transliteration

evam 1st tad1 vre baravarea savte | ph1lgune bharatabretha tad adbhutam iv1bhavat ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说：当时情形便是如此，噢婆罗多族中最卓越者：当英雄法尔古那（阿周那）被箭雨所覆，那一幕竟显得奇异非常，仿佛有非同寻常之事发生。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• वीरे: in/with regard to the hero
• वीरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• शर-वर्षेण: by a rain of arrows
• शर-वर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• संवृते: covered, enveloped
• संवृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवृत
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• फाल्गुने: in/with regard to Phalguna (Arjuna)
• फाल्गुने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• भरत-श्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतश्रेष्ठ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful, astonishing
• अद्भुतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अभवत्: became, happened
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaibamp1yana
• Ph1lguna (Arjuna)
• Bharatabretha (epithet addressing the listener, commonly Janamejaya)
• arrow-shower (śaravarṣa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how intense conflict can appear uncanny and overwhelming; ethical steadiness in war requires not being swept away by fear or spectacle, but maintaining discernment amid extraordinary events.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaibamp1yana describes Arjuna (Ph1lguna) being enveloped by a rain of enemy arrows, making the moment seem astonishing or portent-like to observers.