Shloka 11

अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः

Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma

Devanagari script

स्थित: सर्वात्मना नित्य॑ प्रियेषु च हितेषु च । त्वां चैवास्माभिराश्रित्य कृत: शस्त्रसमुद्यम:

Transliteration

sthitaḥ sarvātmanā nityaṁ priyeṣu ca hiteṣu ca | tvāṁ caivāsmābhir āśritya kṛtaḥ śastra-samudyamaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Ever steadfast with our whole being—constant in affection and in goodwill—relying upon you alone, we have taken up the exertion of arms.”

Word by Word

स्थितःstanding; established

सर्वात्मनाwith one’s whole self; wholly

नित्यंalways

प्रियेषुamong the dear (ones/things)

चand

हितेषुamong the beneficial (ones/things)

चand

त्वाम्you

चand

एवindeed; just

अस्माभिःby us

आश्रित्यhaving resorted to; relying on

कृतःmade; done; undertaken

शस्त्रसमुद्यमःraising/brandishing of weapons; taking up arms

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

tvām (you—addressee, contextually Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

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 frames warfare as an undertaken duty grounded in steadfast loyalty and reliance on a leader/king; it highlights the ethical tension of taking up arms while claiming constancy in affection and goodwill.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses the king, describing the resolve and mobilization for battle: they have raised weapons and committed to martial effort, presenting it as done in reliance upon the addressee’s authority.