Shloka 19

भीष्म-पर्व अध्याय १०० — त्रिगर्त-आक्रमण, भीष्म-केन्द्रित पुनर्संयोजन, तथा शक्त्यस्त्र-विनिमय

Devanagari script

ततस्तं नृपशार्दूलं शार्टूल्समविक्रमम्‌ । आरोहयद्धयं तूर्ण भ्राता दःशासनस्तदा,उस समय भाई दुःशासनने अपने ज्येष्ठ भ्राता सिंहके समान पराक्रमी नृपश्रेष्ठ दुर्योधनको घोड़ेपर चढ़ाया

Transliteration

tatastam nṛpaśārdūlaṃ śārdūlasamavikramaṃ | ārohayad hayaṃ tūrṇaṃ bhrātā duḥśāsanas tadā ||

Translation

Then Duḥśāsana, his brother, swiftly mounted that tiger among kings—Duryodhana—whose valor matched a tiger’s, upon a horse.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तम्him

नृपशार्दूलम्the tiger among kings (best of kings)

शार्दूलसमविक्रमम्having valor equal to a tiger

आरोहयत्made (him) mount, caused to ascend

अश्वम्horse

तूर्णम्quickly

भ्राताbrother

दुःशासनःDuhshasana

तदाat that time

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duḥśāsana

Duryodhana

horse

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how personal virtues like courage and loyalty can be ethically ambiguous: the same fraternal devotion and martial efficiency that are admirable in themselves may also empower an adharma-driven campaign, reminding readers to examine the moral ends served by one’s strengths.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of battlefield action, Duḥśāsana quickly helps his elder brother Duryodhana—praised as a ‘tiger among kings’—to mount a horse, signaling urgency and readiness for continued combat.