Shloka 44

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६२: वासुदेवमहात्म्यप्रशंसा (देव–ब्रह्मसंवादः)

Devanagari script

अद्य पाण्डुसुतानेक: ससैन्यान्‌ सह बन्धुभि: । सो<हं निवारयिष्यामि सर्वलोकस्य पश्यत:,“आज मैं अकेला ही सबके देखते-देखते सेना और बन्धुओंसहित समस्त पाण्डवोंको आगे बढ़नेसे रोक दूँगा'

Transliteration

adya pāṇḍusutānekaḥ sasainyān saha bandhubhiḥ | so'haṃ nivārayiṣyāmi sarvalokasya paśyataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Heute werde ich allein die Söhne Pāṇḍus — samt ihren Heeren und ihren Verwandten — am weiteren Vorrücken hindern; und ich werde es vor den Augen aller Menschen tun.“

Word by Word

अद्यtoday/now

पाण्डुसुतान्the sons of Pandu (the Pandavas)

एकःalone/one (person)

ससैन्यान्together with (their) armies

सहtogether with

बन्धुभिःwith (their) kinsmen/relatives

सःhe/that (I, as referred to)

अहम्I

निवारयिष्यामिI shall restrain/stop

सर्वलोकस्यof all people/of the whole world

पश्यतःwhile (they) are watching / in the presence of (all) watching

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

army (sainyāḥ)

kinsmen/relatives (bandhu)

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 kṣatriya ideal of publicly accountable resolve: a warrior stakes his reputation before the world by declaring he will restrain the enemy’s advance. Ethically, it reflects how honor, duty, and deterrence operate in wartime speech—confidence is presented as a moral claim and a strategic warning.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a battlefield declaration in which a speaker (implied to be a formidable warrior) vows to single-handedly stop the Pāṇḍavas along with their forces and allies, emphasizing that this will occur openly before all observers.