Shloka 5

भीष्म–दुर्योधनसंवादः — शिखण्डिनं न हन्तुं कारणकथनम्

Amba-ākhyāna prologue

Devanagari script

एष योत्स्यति संग्रामे सूदयन्‌ वै परान्‌ रणे । भगवानिव संक्रुद्ध: पिनाकी युगसंक्षये

Transliteration

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

Translation

এ যুদ্ধক্ষেত্রে সে শত্রুদের নিধন করতে করতে যুদ্ধ করবে—যেমন যুগান্তে পিনাকধারী ভগবান রুদ্র ক্রুদ্ধ হয়ে প্রাণীদের বিনাশ করেন।

Word by Word

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• योत्स्यति: will fight
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सूदयन्: slaying, destroying
• Type: Verb
• Root: सूद्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• परान्: enemies, others
• परान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रणे: in combat
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Past passive participle (Kta) from √क्रुध् with prefix सम्, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पिनाकी: the bearer of Pināka (Śiva)
• पिनाकी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाकिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युगसंक्षये: at the end of an age (world-cycle)
• युगसंक्षये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युगसंक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Pināka (Śiva’s bow)

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.