Shloka 14

Devanagari script

येन सर्वान्‌ महावीर्यान्‌ प्रशासिष्पयसि कौरव । न च राम: क्षयं गन्ता तेनास्त्रेण नराधिप,“कुरुनन्दन! उसके प्रभावसे तुम सम्पूर्ण महापराक्रमी नरेशोंपर शासन करोगे। राजन! उस अस्त्रसे परशुरामका नाश नहीं होगा

Transliteration

yena sarvān mahāvīryān praśāsiṣyasi kaurava | na ca rāmaḥ kṣayaṃ gantā tenāstreṇa narādhipa ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „O Kaurava, durch die Macht jener Waffe wirst du über alle großen, heldenhaften Könige herrschen. Doch, o Herr der Menschen: Rāma (Paraśurāma) wird durch dieses Geschoss nicht dem Untergang verfallen.“

Word by Word

येनby which

सर्वान्all

महावीर्यान्greatly valiant

प्रशासिष्यसिyou will rule/govern

कौरवO Kaurava

नnot

चand

रामःRama (Paraśurāma)

क्षयम्destruction

गन्ताwill go/attain (i.e., will meet)

तेनby that

अस्त्रेणby the weapon

नराधिपO king (lord of men)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Kaurava (addressed person)

Rāma (Paraśurāma)

astra (weapon/missile)

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?

Powerful weapons may secure political dominance, yet they do not guarantee the destruction of every opponent; dharmic and fated limits remain, and even martial power has boundaries.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses a Kaurava prince/king, describing the efficacy of a particular astra: it will enable him to subdue mighty rulers, but it will not be capable of killing Paraśurāma.