Shloka 26

Ulūpī–Citravāhinī Saṃvāda: Dhanaṃjaya-patana and Prāya-threat

Devanagari script

विमुज्चाम्येष ते बाणान्‌ पुत्र युद्धे स्थिरो भव | इत्येवमुक्त्वा नाराचैरभ्यवर्षदमित्रहा

Transliteration

vimuñcāmy eṣa te bāṇān putra yuddhe sthiro bhava | ity evam uktvā nārācair abhyavarṣad amitrahā ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“我儿，如今我将这些箭射向你；战阵之中，当稳立不移。”说罢，阿周那——诛敌者——便以锋利的那罗迦箭矢如雨般倾泻向婆婆卢伐诃那。

Word by Word

• विमुञ्चामि: I release/let go
• विमुञ्चामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+मुच्
• Form: Lat (Present), 1, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एष: this
• एष: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• बाणान्: arrows
• बाणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पुत्र: O son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्थिरः: steady
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भव: be (become)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Lot (Imperative), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (Absolutive/Gerund)

• नाराचैः: with iron arrows (nārācas)
• नाराचैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अभ्यवर्षत्: rained down (showered)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+वृष्
• Form: Lan (Imperfect), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अमित्रहा: slayer of foes
• अमित्रहा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित्रहन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Babhruvāhana
• bāṇa (arrows)
• nārāca (iron arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kṣatriya ethic of steadiness (sthairya) and alert composure in combat: even when emotions are involved (a father addressing a son), one must act with disciplined firmness and readiness, without wavering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Arjuna addresses Babhruvāhana as “son,” warns him to remain steady in battle, and then begins a fierce missile-exchange by showering him with nārāca arrows.