Shloka 11
भीष्मसेनासंनिवेशः — Bhīṣma’s Mobilization, Omens, and the Kaurava Array
Devanagari script
अधर्म: क्षत्रियस्यैष यद् व्याधिमरणं गृहे । यदयोनिधनं याति सो<स्य धर्म: सनातन:
Translation
“For a kṣatriya, this is adharma: to die at home, laid low by sickness. But he who accepts death in battle, struck down by weapons of iron—this alone is his eternal dharma.”
Word by Word
अधर्मःunrighteousness, adharma
अधर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्षत्रियस्यof a kshatriya
क्षत्रियस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिय
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
एषःthis
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यत्that which
यत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
व्याधि-मरणम्death due to illness
व्याधि-मरणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootव्याधि-मरण
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
गृहेin the house, at home
गृहे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगृह
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
यत्that which
यत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
अयोनि-धनम्death not in a proper place/way (i.e., not in battle); improper death
अयोनि-धनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअयोनि-धन
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
यातिgoes, attains
याति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootया (याति)
FormPresent, Third, Singular
सःhe; that (one)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अस्यof him, his
अस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
धर्मःduty, dharma
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सनातनःeternal, perennial
सनातनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes