Shloka 5

Devanagari script

एष योत्स्यति संग्रामे सूदयन्‌ वै परान्‌ रणे । भगवानिव संक्रुद्ध: पिनाकी युगसंक्षये,जैसे प्रलयकालमें पिनाकधारी भगवान्‌ रुद्र कुपित होकर प्रजाका संहार करते हैं, उसी प्रकार यह संग्राममें शत्रुओंका संहार करता हुआ युद्ध करेगा

Transliteration

eṣa yotsyati saṅgrāme sūdayan vai parān raṇe | bhagavān iva saṅkruddhaḥ pinākī yugasaṅkṣaye ||

Translation

সি ৰণক্ষেত্ৰত শত্রুসকলক নিধন কৰি কৰি যুদ্ধ কৰিব—যেনেকৈ যুগান্তত পিনাকধাৰী ভগৱান ৰুদ্ৰ ক্ৰুদ্ধ হৈ প্ৰাণীৰ বিনাশ কৰে।

Word by Word

एषःthis (man)

योत्स्यतिwill fight

संग्रामेin battle

सूदयन्slaying, destroying

वैindeed

परान्enemies, others

रणेin combat

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

इवlike, as

संक्रुद्धःenraged

पिनाकीthe bearer of Pināka (Śiva)

युगसंक्षयेat the end of an age (world-cycle)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Rudra (Śiva)

Pināka (Śiva’s bow)

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 frames battlefield ferocity within a dharmic-epic register: a warrior’s overwhelming force is likened to Rudra’s cosmic destruction at the yuga’s end, emphasizing the awe and inevitability of martial power when righteous conflict becomes unavoidable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is describing a particular warrior’s future conduct in the coming war, predicting that he will fight with devastating effectiveness, and he heightens the description through a comparison to Rudra (Śiva) wielding Pināka during cosmic dissolution.