Shloka 36

Devanagari script

दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि संचिन्त्य प्रसंधाय धनंजय: । स तैरस्त्रैर्महावेगैर्ददाह सुमहाबल:

Transliteration

divyāny astrāṇi saṃcintya prasaṃdhāya dhanaṃjayaḥ | sa tair astrair mahāvegair dadāha sumahābalaḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：他以心念召来天界神兵，又将其扣合于弓上；那力大无俦的檀那阇耶（阿周那）以这些势若奔雷的神箭，焚灭诸敌。

Word by Word

• दिव्यानि: divine
• दिव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अस्त्राणि: weapons (missiles)
• अस्त्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• संचिन्त्य: having contemplated/considered
• संचिन्त्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + चिन्त्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• प्रसंधाय: having fixed/aimed (set on the bow)
• प्रसंधाय: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सम् + धा
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तैः: with those
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अस्त्रैः: with weapons (missiles)
• अस्त्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• महा-वेगैः: of great speed/impetus
• महा-वेगैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-वेग
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• ददाह: burned/consumed
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुमहा-बलः: very mighty
• सुमहा-बलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहा-बल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• divine weapons (astrāṇi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that immense, even divine, power must be exercised with disciplined intention; in war, such power brings swift destruction, so its use carries heavy moral responsibility within the framework of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Arjuna (Dhanañjaya) mentally invokes celestial weapon-mantras, sets them upon his bow, and with those high-velocity missiles burns/scorches the opposing forces.