Shloka 11

भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements

Devanagari script

भृशं क्रुद्धश्न तेजस्वी नाराचेन समार्पयत्‌ चित्रसेनं महाराज तव पुत्रं महायशा:

Transliteration

bhṛśaṁ kruddhaś ca tejasvī nārācena samārpayat | citrasenaṁ mahārāja tava putraṁ mahāyaśāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: O Herrscher! Der ruhmreiche, von Kraft strahlende Bhīmasena, von heftigem Zorn erfüllt, traf deinen Sohn Citrasena mit einem nārāca-Pfeil.

Word by Word

• भृशम्: excessively, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृश

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेजस्वी: radiant, powerful
• तेजस्वी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाराचेन: with an iron arrow (nārāca)
• नाराचेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• समार्पयत्: he struck/aimed, he delivered (a blow)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-र्प्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• चित्रसेनम्: Chitrasena
• चित्रसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तव: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महायशाः: highly renowned
• महायशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महायशस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīmasena
• Citrasena
• nārāca (arrow)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical strain of righteous warfare: even a famed hero, driven by intense anger, must act within the harsh framework of kṣatriya-duty, where personal emotion and moral cost coexist with battlefield obligation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma, burning with anger, attacks Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son Citrasena by shooting him with a nārāca arrow, marking a sharp escalation in the combat.