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Shloka 1

Vāsudeva-Māhātmya: Duryodhana’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Theological Account of Keśava

Devanagari script

/ [दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका हई “लोक मिलाकर कुछ ४६ ३ “लोक हैं] नसजआा न (0) आज अन+- एकोनषशष्टितमो< ध्याय: भीष्मका पराक्रम

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |

pratijñāte tataḥ tasmin yuddhe bhīṣmeṇa dāruṇe |

krodhito mama putreṇa duḥkhitena viśeṣataḥ ||

Translation

ধৃতরাষ্ট্র বললেন—সঞ্জয়! সেই ভয়ংকর যুদ্ধে, আমার বিশেষ দুঃখিত পুত্রের ক্রোধে উদ্দীপ্ত হয়ে ভীষ্ম যখন প্রতিজ্ঞা করলেন, তখন রণক্ষেত্রে তিনি পাণ্ডবদের প্রতি কী করলেন? আমাকে বলো।

Word by Word

व्युष्टाम्having dawned / ended (night)

निशाम्night

भारतO Bharata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

भारतानीकिनीनाम्of the Bharata armies

प्रमुखेat the front / in the forefront

महात्माthe great-souled one

ययौwent

सपत्नान्rivals / enemies

प्रतिtowards / against

जातकोपःwhose anger had arisen

वृतःsurrounded / accompanied

समग्रेणwith the entire / complete

बलेनforce / army

भीष्मःBhīṣma

Speaker

ध्ृतराष्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Bhīṣma

Duryodhana (implied by 'my son')

Sañjaya (implied as the addressee)

Pāṇḍavas (implied by the question’s context in this passage)

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 highlights how grief and attachment can fuel anger and escalate violence: Dhṛtarāṣṭra frames events through his son’s distress, showing the ethical danger of partiality and emotional agitation in decisions of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra questions Sañjaya about a turning point: Bhīṣma, provoked by Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son (Duryodhana) and in a dreadful battle, has taken a vow; the king asks what Bhīṣma then did against the Pāṇḍavas.