महाभारत · 1.216.19
॥
देवनागरी
मौर्व्यां तु युज्यमानायां बलिना पाण्डवेन ह ॥
ये ऽशृण्वन् कूजितं तत्र तेषां वै व्यथितं मनः ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
maurvyāṃ tu yujyamānāyāṃ balinā pāṇḍavena ha ||
ye 'śṛṇvan kūjitaṃ tatra teṣāṃ vai vyathitaṃ manaḥ ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
मौर्व्यां तु युज्यमानायां बलिना पाण्डवेन हmaurvyāṃ tu yujyamānāyāṃ balinā pāṇḍavena hawhen the bowstring was being drawn by the mighty Pandava,
ये अशृण्वन् कूजितं तत्र तेषां वै व्यथितं मनःye aśṛṇvan kūjitaṃ tatra teṣāṃ vai vyathitaṃ manaḥthose who heard its twang there — their minds were shaken;
ऽशृण्वन्'śṛṇvanoriginal form "'śṛṇvan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
When the bowstring was drawn by the mighty Pandava, those who heard its twang there — their minds were shaken.
संस्करण
47b676d7c136 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 6:11:48 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the mere twang of Gandiva strikes terror. It is significant that at the sound of the string being drawn 'the mind is shaken': a fearsome power reveals itself even before the blow falls. A might blessed from above terrifies by its very sign. Thus the scripture reveals the dreadfulness of Gandiva; and its twang is the herald of the irresistible.