Shloka 3

भीष्मद्रोणयोर्दुर्योधनं प्रति शमोपदेशः | Bhīṣma and Droṇa’s Counsel of Conciliation to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

एष जेष्यति संग्रामे कुरून्‌ सर्वान्‌ समागतान्‌ । भीमसेनद्धितीयश्नव लोकमुद्धर्तयिष्पति,“यह भीमसेनके साथ रहकर युद्धमें आये हुए समस्त कौरवोंको जीत लेगा और शत्रु समुदायको व्याकुल कर देगा

Transliteration

eṣa jeṣyati saṅgrāme kurūn sarvān samāgatān | bhīmasenadvitīyaś caiva lokam uddhartayiṣyati ||

Translation

Der Sohn sprach: „Dieser wird im Kampf alle versammelten Kuru besiegen. Mit Bhīmasena als seinem Zweiten wird er das feindliche Heer erschüttern und die Seinen aus der Gefahr erretten.“

Word by Word

एषःthis (man)

जेष्यतिwill conquer

संग्रामेin battle

कुरून्the Kurus

सर्वान्all

समागतान्assembled, come together

भीमसेन-द्वितीयःhaving Bhīmasena as second (with Bhīma as companion)

शत्रून्enemies

लोकम्the world/people (host)

उद्धर्तयिष्यतिwill cause to be lifted up / will rouse up (disturb)

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena

Kurus (Kauravas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the strategic and moral weight of steadfast companionship in righteous struggle: with a powerful ally (Bhīmasena) as one’s ‘second’, courage and collective strength can overcome a numerically gathered foe.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker identified as “the son” points to a particular warrior and predicts his success: he will defeat the assembled Kurus in battle, and, supported by Bhīmasena, he will unsettle the enemy ranks and bring deliverance to his own side.