Shloka 13

भीष्म-पर्व अध्याय १०० — त्रिगर्त-आक्रमण, भीष्म-केन्द्रित पुनर्संयोजन, तथा शक्त्यस्त्र-विनिमय

Devanagari script

न्यस्तशस्त्रे ततो भीष्मे निहतान्‌ पश्य पाण्डवान्‌ | मयैकेन रणे राजन्‌ ससुहृद्गणबान्धवान्‌,राजन! भीष्मके हथियार डाल देनेपर पाण्डवोंको केवल मेरे द्वारा युद्धमें सुहदों और बान्धवोंसहित मारा गया समझो

Transliteration

nyastaśastre tato bhīṣme nihatān paśya pāṇḍavān | mayaikena raṇe rājan sasuhr̥dgaṇabāndhavān ||

Translation

Karna sprach: „Wenn Bhīṣma die Waffen niedergelegt hat, o König, so halte die Pāṇḍavas für bereits erschlagen — im Kampf von mir allein erschlagen, samt ihrem Kreis von Freunden und Verwandten.“

Word by Word

न्यस्तशस्त्रेwhen (he) had laid down weapons / in one who has laid down weapons

ततःthen, thereafter

भीष्मेin/when Bhishma (was ...)

निहतान्slain, killed

पश्यsee!, behold!

पाण्डवान्the Pandavas

मयाby me

एकेनalone, by a single (person)

रणेin battle

राजन्O king

ससुहृद्गणबान्धवान्together with (their) groups of friends and kinsmen

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna

Bhishma

Pandavas

Dhritarashtra

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 the ethical tension in war: confidence and martial pride can harden into overreach. Karna’s claim—made when Bhishma is disarmed—reveals how personal rivalry and ambition can eclipse sober judgment and dharmic restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna addresses King Dhritarashtra, asserting that once Bhishma has set aside his weapons, the Pandavas should be considered as good as dead, because Karna claims he alone will kill them in battle along with their allies and relatives.