Shloka 42

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

यस्य विद्युत्प्रभां शक्ति दिव्यां कनकभूषणाम्‌

Transliteration

yasya vidyutprabhāṁ śaktiṁ divyāṁ kanakabhūṣaṇām

Translation

毗舍摩波耶那说道：“其人之矛，光辉如电——乃神授之兵，饰以黄金。”

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विद्युत्प्रभाम्: having lightning-like radiance
• विद्युत्प्रभाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्युत्-प्रभा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शक्तिम्: spear/weapon (śakti)
• शक्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दिव्याम्: divine
• दिव्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कनकभूषणाम्: adorned with gold ornaments / gold-ornamented
• कनकभूषणाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कनक-भूषण
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• śakti (divine spear/weapon)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how epic warfare is framed not merely as human conflict but as a field where extraordinary, divinely empowered weapons appear—raising ethical tension about power, restraint, and the grave consequences of deploying such force.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana describes a warrior’s spear: it blazes like lightning, is divine in nature, and is ornamented with gold—setting the scene for the imminent use or significance of this formidable weapon in the battle.