Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तवैष भाग: समरे राजमध्ये मया कृत: । तवैवानुमते वीर तं विक्रम्य निबर्हय,“वीर! तुम्हारी अनुमतिसे ही समरांगणमें सम्पूर्ण राजाओंके बीच इस घटोत्कचको मैंने तुम्हारा भाग नियत किया है, अतः तुम पराक्रम करके इसे मार डालो

Transliteration

tavaiṣa bhāgaḥ samare rājamadhye mayā kṛtaḥ | tavaivānumate vīra taṃ vikramya nibarhaya ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “In this battle, in the very midst of the kings, I have assigned this as your share. With your own consent, O hero—exert your valor and strike him down.”

Word by Word

तवof you / your

एषःthis

भागःshare / portion (assigned task)

समरेin battle

राजमध्येin the midst of kings

मयाby me

कृतःmade / assigned

तवof you / your

एवindeed / only

अनुमतेwith (your) consent / permission

वीरO hero

तम्him / that one

विक्रम्यhaving advanced / exerted valor

निबर्हयslay / destroy

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

vīra (addressed warrior)

kings (rājānaḥ, implied by rājamadhye)

Ghaṭotkaca (as identified in the Hindi gloss)

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 presents warfare as an ordered sphere of duty: a task is formally allotted (“bhāgaḥ”), accepted by consent (“anumati”), and then must be carried out with valor. Ethically, it highlights responsibility and accountability within a collective martial enterprise, rather than impulsive violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a particular enemy has been designated as the addressed warrior’s assigned target amid the assembled kings. He urges the warrior, with prior approval, to display prowess and kill that opponent (identified in the accompanying gloss as Ghaṭotkaca).