Sauptika Parva Adhyaya 14 Shloka 7 - Mahabharata | Chinese | Vedapath

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Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ततस्तदस्त्रं सहसा सृष्टं गाण्डीवधन्चना । प्रजज्वाल महार्चिष्मद्‌ युगान्तानलसंनिभम्‌,गाण्डीवधारी अर्जुनके द्वारा छोड़ा गया वह ब्रह्मास्त्र सहसा प्रज्वलित हो उठा। उससे प्रलयाग्निके समान बड़ी-बड़ी लपटें उठने लगीं

Transliteration

tatastad astraṃ sahasā sṛṣṭaṃ gāṇḍīvadhanvanā | prajajvāla mahārcīṣmad yugāntānala-saṃnibham ||

Translation

毗湿摩波罗耶那说道：随即，那由持甘狄瓦者骤然放出的神矢立刻炽燃——光焰万丈，宛如劫末之火。此景昭示：至上神兵一旦在战中解封，毁灭便超越人间尺度，迫使交战者即便身处复仇与混乱，也不得不趋向克制与担当。

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तत्that (weapon)

अस्त्रम्weapon, missile

सहसाsuddenly, at once

सृष्टम्released, discharged

गाण्डीवधन्वनाby the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow (Arjuna)

प्रजज्वालblazed forth, flared up

महार्चिष्मत्having great flames/splendor

युगान्तानलसंनिभम्like the fire at the end of an age (cosmic dissolution)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna

Gāṇḍīva

astra (divine missile, implied Brahmāstra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the disproportionate, near-apocalyptic power of divinely empowered weapons; it implicitly warns that such force demands ethical restraint and accountability, since its effects can exceed the limits of just warfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the missile released by Arjuna, the bearer of the Gāṇḍīva, suddenly ignites and shines with massive flames, likened to the cosmic fire of dissolution—signaling a terrifying escalation in the conflict.