Shloka 7

भीष्मशिबिरगमनम् — Duryodhana’s Visit to Bhīṣma’s Camp and the Command Appeal

Devanagari script

अर्जुनस्य सुत: श्रीमानिरावान्‌ नाम वीर्यवान्‌ | सुतायां नागराजस्य जात: पार्थेन धीमता

Transliteration

arjunasya sutaḥ śrīmān irāvān nāma vīryavān | sutāyāṃ nāgarājasya jātaḥ pārthena dhīmatā ||

Translation

সঞ্জয় বললেন—অর্জুনের এক গৌরবময় ও পরাক্রমশালী পুত্র ছিল, তার নাম ইরাবান। তিনি জ্ঞানী পার্থ (অর্জুন)-এর দ্বারা নাগরাজের কন্যার গর্ভে জন্মেছিলেন।

Word by Word

• अर्जुनस्य: of Arjuna
• अर्जुनस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीमान्: illustrious, splendid
• श्रीमान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इरावान्: Iravan (proper name)
• इरावान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इरावत्/इरावान् (प्रातिपदिक: इरावान्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्/नाम
• Form: true

• वीर्यवान्: valorous, possessing prowess
• वीर्यवान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुतायाम्: in (the) daughter / in the daughter (as mother’s womb)
• सुतायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• नागराजस्य: of the king of serpents (Nāgarāja)
• नागराजस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जातः: born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

• पार्थेन: by Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धीमता: wise, intelligent
• धीमता: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Irāvān
• Nāgarāja (king of the Nāgas)
• Nāgarāja’s daughter (Irāvān’s mother)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s emphasis on lineage and responsibility: heroic capacity and rightful participation in the war are not limited by unusual birth. Irāvān’s Nāga connection highlights the epic’s broad social-cosmic order in which diverse beings are drawn into dharma and its consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya identifies a warrior on the Pāṇḍava side: Irāvān, Arjuna’s valiant son, specifying his parentage—born to Arjuna through the daughter of the Nāga king—thereby introducing or clarifying his identity within the battle roster/context.