Shloka 27

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय 54: फल्गुन-प्रतिरोधः, सौबली-व्यूह-विध्वंसः, दुर्योधन-भीष्म-संवादः

Devanagari script

यस्य ते भ्रातर: शूरा: सर्वलोकेषु धन्विन: । अहं च प्रियकृद्‌ राजन सात्यकिश्न महायशा:

Transliteration

yasya te bhrātaraḥ śūrāḥ sarvalokeṣu dhanvinaḥ | ahaṃ ca priyakṛd rājan sātyakiś ca mahāyaśāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O König, deine Brüder sind Helden, in allen Welten berühmt als Meister des Bogens; und auch ich bin deinem Wohl ergeben, ebenso der ruhmreiche Sātyaki.“

Word by Word

यस्यwhose

तेof you/your

भ्रातरःbrothers

शूराःheroic, brave

सर्वलोकेषुin all worlds/among all peoples

धन्विनःarchers, bowmen

अहम्I

चand

प्रियकृत्one who does what is dear (a well-wisher)

राजन्O king

सात्यकिःSatyaki

चand

महायशाःof great fame

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Sātyaki

the king's brothers (bhrātaraḥ)

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 underscores the ethical weight of counsel in wartime: a ruler should recognize both the strength of kin (heroic, world-renowned brothers) and the presence of sincere well-wishers who speak for his good, not merely for victory.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, reminding him of the renown and martial prowess associated with his brothers and affirming that he (Sañjaya) and the famed warrior Sātyaki are well-disposed toward the king—framing the ongoing war report with an appeal to perspective and prudent judgment.