Shloka 446

भीष्मधनंजयद्वैरथम्

Bhīṣma–Dhanaṃjaya Duel and the Opening Clash

Devanagari script

वारयामास पार्थस्य भीष्म: शान्तनवस्तदा । माननीय महाराज! उस समय शान्तनुनन्दन भीष्मने अर्जुनके इस बाणसमूहका अपने बाणसमूहसे निवारण कर दिया

Transliteration

vārayāmāsa pārthasya bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavas tadā |

Translation

قال سانجيا: أيها الملك الجليل، في ذلك الحين صدَّ بهيشما ابن شانتانو وابلَ سهام أرجونا القادم بوابلٍ من سهامه—مُظهِرًا أن في لهيب الحرب تُلاقى المهارةُ بالمهارة، وأن البأس يُهذَّب بانضباطٍ وكبحٍ للنفس، لا بطيشِ الغضب.

Word by Word

• वारयामास: checked, warded off
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारय् (√वार्)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), 3, singular

• पार्थस्य: of Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थस्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शान्तनवः: son of Shantanu
• शान्तनवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तनव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तदा: then, at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Śāntanu
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• arrows (bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid violent conflict, dharma for a warrior emphasizes disciplined skill and measured response: Bhīṣma does not lash out blindly but neutralizes the threat with controlled mastery, illustrating restraint within duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna releases a mass of arrows; Bhīṣma, identified as Śāntanu’s son, counters them with his own arrows and thereby blocks Arjuna’s attack.