Shloka 263

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

भ्रातृभावेन पृथिवीं भुड़क्ष्व पाण्ड्सुतैः सह । बाण-शय्यापर सोये हुए महात्मा भीष्मने अर्जुनसे पानी माँगा और उन्होंने इसके लिये पृथ्वीको छेद दिया। इस प्रकार पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुनके द्वारा प्रकट की हुई उस जलधाराको देखकर महाबाहु भीष्मने दुर्योधनसे कहा--“तात! पाण्डवोंके साथ संधि कर लो। संधिसे वैरकी शान्ति हो जायगी, तुमलोगोंका यह युद्ध मेरे जीवनके साथ ही समाप्त हो जाय। तुम पाण्डवोंके साथ भ्रातृभाव बनाये रखकर पृथ्वीका उपभोग करो”

Transliteration

bhrātṛbhāvena pṛthivīṃ bhukṣva pāṇḍusutaiḥ saha |

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra sprach: „Regiere und genieße die Erde zusammen mit den Söhnen Pāṇḍus, im Geist der Brüderlichkeit.“

Word by Word

भ्रातृभावेनwith brotherly feeling

पृथिवीम्the earth

भुङ्क्ष्वenjoy (rule/possess)!

पाण्डुसुतैःwith the sons of Pāṇḍu

सहtogether with

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

Bhīṣma

Arjuna

Duryodhana

Pṛthivī (the earth/kingdom)

Bāṇa-śayyā (bed of arrows)

Jaladhārā (stream of water)

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?

Sovereignty and prosperity are ethically grounded when pursued without hatred: rule the realm in a spirit of brotherhood, and let reconciliation extinguish enmity rather than prolonging destructive war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, lying on the bed of arrows, receives water brought forth by Arjuna from the earth; moved by Arjuna’s dutiful act and the visible power of dharma, Bhīṣma counsels Duryodhana to make peace with the Pāṇḍavas and share the kingdom fraternally.