Shloka 31

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्नभ्यागते काले प्रतप्ते लोमहर्षणे । मिथो भेदो न मे कार्यस्तेन जीवसि सूतज,भीष्मने कहा--सूतपुत्र! इस युद्धमें दुर्योधनका यह समुद्रके समान अत्यन्त गुरुतर भार मैंने अपने कंधोंपर उठाया है। जिसके लिये मैं बहुत वर्षोंसे चिन्तित हो रहा था, वह संतापदायक रोमांचकारी समय अब आकर उपस्थित हो ही गया, ऐसे अवसरमें मुझे यह पारस्परिक भेद नहीं उत्पन्न करना चाहिये, इसीलिये तू अभीतक जी रहा है

Transliteration

tasminn abhyāgate kāle pratapte lomaharṣaṇe | mitho bhedo na me kāryas tena jīvasi sūtaja ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: «وقد أقبلت الساعة التي طال انتظارها—محرقةٌ بالألم، تُقشعرّ لها الأبدان—فلا ينبغي لي أن أُحدث فرقةً بين أهلنا. لذلك، يا ابن السُّوتا، ما زلت حيًّا.»

Word by Word

तस्मिन्in that

अभ्यागतेhaving arrived / come

कालेat the time

प्रतप्तेheated, scorching, distressing

लोमहर्षणेcausing horripilation / thrilling

मिथःmutually, with one another

भेदःdivision, dissension

नnot

मेof me / my

कार्यःto be done, should be made

तेनtherefore / by that

जीवसिyou live / you are alive

सूतजO son of a charioteer

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Karna

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?

In a crisis that threatens collective survival, a leader may prioritize unity and restraint over personal grievances; creating internal division at a decisive moment is presented as ethically improper.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses Karṇa (called sūtaja), stating that the terrifying, painful time he long anticipated has arrived, and that he will not provoke mutual dissension—hence Karṇa is being spared despite tensions.