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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.37

न्यरुणत् सूतिकागारं शरैर्नानास्‍त्रयोजितै: । तिर्यगूर्ध्वमध: पार्थश्चकार शरपञ्जरम् ॥ ३७ ॥
nyaruṇat sūtikāgāraṁ
[nyarunat sootikaagaaram]
śarair nānāstra-yojitaiḥ
[sharair naanaastra-yojitaih]
tiryag ūrdhvam adhaḥ pārthaś
[tiryag oordhvam adhah paarthash]
cakāra śara-pañjaram
[chakaara shara-panjaram]
Word-for-word
nyaruṇat — he enveloped sūtikā - āgāram — the house where the birth was taking place śaraiḥ — with arrows nānā — various astra — to missiles yojitaiḥ — attached tiryak — horizontally ūrdhvam — upwards adhaḥ — downwards pārthaḥ — Arjuna cakāra — made śara — of arrows pañjaram — a cage .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
nyaruṇat sūtikāgāraṁ
nyaruṇat
he enveloped
sūtikā - āgāram
the house where the birth was taking place
śarair nānāstra-yojitaiḥ
śaraiḥ
with arrows
nānā
various
astra
to missiles
yojitaiḥ
attached
tiryag ūrdhvam adhaḥ pārthaś
tiryak
horizontally
ūrdhvam
upwards
adhaḥ
downwards
pārthaḥ
Arjuna
cakāra śara-pañjaram
cakāra
made
śara
of arrows
pañjaram
a cage .
Important Words
  • sūtikā-āgāram — birthing room
    Compound: sūtikā (childbirth) + āgāra (chamber). The specific architectural locus. Gauḍīyas note the precision — Arjuna's protection is geographically exact and still bypassed, because the disappearance is not spatial.
  • śara-pañjaram — cage of arrows
    Compound: śara (arrow) + pañjara (cage). A celebrated battlefield technique — enclosing a space in arrows. Mahābhārata uses the term for Bhīṣma's bed of arrows; here for Arjuna's protective dome.
  • tiryak-ūrdhvam-adhaḥ — sideways, upward, downward
    Three directions — the verse names the full 3D enclosure. The Bhāgavatam emphasizes the completeness so that the failure cannot be reduced to 'he missed a direction.'
Arjuna fenced in the house where the birth was taking place by shooting arrows attached to various missiles. Thus the son of Pṛthā constructed a protective cage of arrows, covering the house upwards, downwards and sideways.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Arjuna fenced in the house where the birth was taking place by shooting arrows attached to various missiles. Thus the son of Pṛthā constructed a protective cage of arrows, covering the house upwards, downwards and sideways.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He used brahmāstras of various types.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He shot arrows endowed with various missiles or with various mantras.

Related values & verses
Related values
Daya (Compassion / Mercy)Adambhitva (Non-hypocrisy / Authenticity)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)
Related verses
BG 5.18 BG 8.4 BG 14.12 BG 14.1 BG 12.1 BG 18.37 BG 1.21 BG 11.1 BG 3.3 SB 1.2BG 12.3 BG 4.8 BG 15.9
Concepts
Jiva
Personal Guidance
Arjuna fences the house with arrows shooting missiles. Physical and mystical protection together — devotion uses every available means, both natural and supernatural.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do I separate practical and prayerful measures when both belong together?
  • What protection am I asking for spiritually without also doing the natural work?
Analogy

Arjuna builds a cage of arrows — sideways, upward, downward — enclosing the birthing house in a śara-pañjara. It is the strongest defensive grid a warrior can construct in space. The Bhāgavatam, having made the cage maximally tight, now lets the infant pass straight through it — because the call did not come from any of the six directions.

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