Shloka 2

Devanagari script

न चापि भीस्त्वया कार्या भीष्मादद्य कथंचन | अहमेनं शरैस्तीक्ष्गै: पातयिष्ये रथोत्तमात्‌,संजय कहते हैं--राजन! रणभूमिमें भीष्मका पराक्रम देखकर अर्जुनने शिखण्डीसे कहा--“वीर! तुम पितामहका सामना करनेके लिये आगे बढ़ो। आज भीष्मजीसे तुम्हें किसी प्रकार भय नहीं करना चाहिये। मैं स्वयं अपने पैने बाणोंद्वारा इनको उत्तम रथसे मार गिराऊँगा”

Transliteration

na cāpi bhīs tvayā kāryā bhīṣmād adya kathaṃcana | aham enaṃ śarais tīkṣṇaiḥ pātayiṣye rathottamāt |

Translation

Sanjaya said: “O King, you should not feel any fear of Bhishma today in any way. I shall strike him with my sharp arrows and bring him down from his excellent chariot.”

Word by Word

नnot

चand

अपिalso/even

भीःfear

त्वयाby you

कार्याto be done/should be made

भीष्मात्from Bhishma / because of Bhishma

अद्यtoday

कथंचनin any way/at all

अहम्I

एनम्him (this person)

शरैःwith arrows

तीक्ष्णैःsharp

पातयिष्येI will cause to fall / I will bring down

रथोत्तमात्from the excellent chariot

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhritarashtra

Bhishma

arrows

chariot

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 emphasizes steadfast courage and the warrior’s resolve: fear should not govern action when one is committed to a righteous duty in battle, and confidence is grounded in disciplined capability (here, mastery of weapons).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to King Dhritarashtra that there is no need to fear Bhishma at this moment; the speaker expresses determination to strike Bhishma with sharp arrows and topple him from his chariot, highlighting the intensity of the battlefield confrontation.