Shloka 28

Devanagari script

वारितस्त्वब्रवीत्‌ पार्थो दृश्यमानो निवारय । यावद्‌ बाणैविंनिर्भिन्न: पुनर्नैंवं वदिष्यसि,इस प्रकार रोके जानेपर अर्जुनने कहा--“जरा सामने आकर रोको। सामने आते ही बाणोंसे टुकड़े-टुकड़े हो जानेपर फिर तुम इस प्रकार नहीं बोल पाओगे”

Transliteration

vāritas tv abravīt pārtho dṛśyamāno nivāraya | yāvad bāṇair vinirbhinnaḥ punar naivaṁ vadiṣyasi ||

Translation

被阻之时，阿周那答曰：“若要拦我，便现身来试。待我箭矢将你射得粉碎，你便再不能如此出言。”此句显出武者之傲与躁急——言出于勇力而非明辨——与夜叉试炼之在场相对照。

Word by Word

वारितःhaving been restrained / when restrained

तुbut

अब्रवीत्said / spoke

पार्थःPārtha (Arjuna)

दृश्यमानःbeing seen / visible

निवारयrestrain (me) / stop (me)

यावत्until / as long as

बाणैःwith arrows

विनिर्भिन्नःsplit asunder / shattered

पुनःagain

नnot

एवम्thus / in this manner

वदिष्यसिyou will speak

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

य

यक्ष (Yakṣa)

अ

अर्जुन (Pārtha)

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 implicitly cautions that mere martial power and harsh speech are not sufficient; restraint and discernment are required, especially when confronted by a moral or spiritual test (the Yakṣa).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Yakṣa episode, Arjuna—checked or challenged—responds defiantly, demanding the unseen restrainer to appear and threatening to destroy him with arrows, while the Yakṣa remains a testing presence.