Shloka 26

Adhyāya 111 (Book 6): Daśama-dina-saṃgrāma—Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira and the Śikhaṇḍin-Led Advance

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच आचक्षे ते महाराज यदकार्षीत्‌ पिता तव । पीडिते तव पुत्रस्य सैन्ये पाण्डवसूंजयै:,संजयने कहा--महाराज! पाण्डवों तथा सूंजयों-द्वारा आपके पुत्रकी सेनाके पीड़ित होनेपर आपके ताऊ भीष्मने जो कुछ किया था, वह सब आपको बता रहा हूँ

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | ācakṣe te mahārāja yad akārṣīt pitā tava | pīḍite tava putrasya sainye pāṇḍavasūñjayaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O great king, I shall relate to you what your revered elder, Bhīṣma, did when your son’s army was being hard-pressed by the Pāṇḍavas and the Sṛñjayas.”

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

आचक्षेI relate / I tell

तेto you

महाराजO great king

यत्what / that which

अकार्षीत्did

पिताfather

तवyour

पीडितेwhen (it was) afflicted / distressed

तवyour

पुत्रस्यof (your) son

सैन्येin the army

पाण्डवby the Pandavas

सूंजयैःby the Sṛñjayas

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhritarashtra

Bhishma

Duryodhana

Pandavas

Srinjayas

Kuru army

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes