Shloka 11

Devanagari script

स क्षिप्रं वधमन्विच्छन्नात्मनो 5भिमुखो रणे । न हन्यां मानवश्रेष्ठान्‌ संग्रामे सुबहुनिति,अब वे रफणक्षेत्रमें सम्मुख रहकर शीघ्र ही अपने वधकी इच्छा करने लगे। महाराज! आपके ताऊ महाबाहु देवव्रतने यह सोचकर कि अब मैं संग्राममें बहुसंख्यक श्रेष्ठ मानवोंका वध न करूँ, अपने निकटवर्ती पाण्डुनन्दन युधिष्ठटिरसे इस प्रकार बोले--

Transliteration

sa kṣipraṁ vadham anvicchann ātmano 'bhimukho raṇe | na hanyāṁ mānavaśreṣṭhān saṅgrāme subahūn iti |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Facing the battle head-on, he quickly began to seek his own death. Thinking, ‘May I not slay many excellent men in this war,’ the mighty-armed Devavrata (Bhīṣma) then addressed the nearby son of Pāṇḍu, Yudhiṣṭhira, in these words.”

Word by Word

सःhe

क्षिप्रम्quickly

वधम्death, killing

अन्विच्छन्seeking, desiring

आत्मनःof himself

अभिमुखःfacing (towards)

रणेin battle

नnot

हन्याम्I should kill

मानवश्रेष्ठान्best of men

संग्रामेin battle

सुबहून्very many

इतिthus

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Devavrata (Bhīṣma)

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pāṇḍu (as patronymic reference: Pāṇḍunandana)

Kurukṣetra (implied battlefield context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes