Shloka 276

Devanagari script

अमानुषेण रूपेण चरन्तं पितरं तव । उस समय रणक्षेत्रमें अद्भुत कर्म करते हुए आपके ताऊ भीष्म अमानुषरूपसे विचरते तथा पाण्डव-सेनाका संहार करते थे। वहाँ अनेक प्रकारके मनुष्य उनके सम्बन्धमें नाना प्रकारकी बातें कर रहे थे

Transliteration

amānuṣeṇa rūpeṇa carantaṃ pitaraṃ tava |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Your revered elder—moving about in a form that seemed beyond ordinary human measure—was performing astonishing feats on the battlefield, cutting down the Pāṇḍava forces. Seeing this, many men there spoke in various ways about him, each offering different remarks and interpretations.”

Word by Word

अमानुषेणby/with a non-human (superhuman) (form)

रूपेणby/with (a) form

चरन्तम्moving about, roaming

पितरम्father

तवof you, your

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'tava')

Bhīṣma

Pāṇḍavas

Kurukṣetra (battlefield context)

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 extraordinary power in war evokes awe and competing interpretations among observers, reminding the listener that battlefield events are not only physical contests but also moral and psychological experiences shaped by perception, reputation, and the sense of destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīṣma, acting with seemingly superhuman prowess, is moving through the battlefield and slaughtering the Pāṇḍava troops; onlookers react by discussing Bhīṣma in many different ways.