Shloka 16

Rukmī’s Offer of Aid and Arjuna’s Refusal (रुक्मिप्रस्तावः—अर्जुनप्रत्याख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि भारत | यथैव हि भवन्तो मे तथैव मम पाण्डवा:,भीष्मने कहा--भारत! तुम जैसा कहते हो वह ठीक है, पर मेरे लिये जैसे तुम हो, वैसे ही पाण्डव हैं

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca evam etan mahābāho yathā vadasi bhārata | yathaiva hi bhavanto me tathaiva mama pāṇḍavāḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “So it is, O mighty-armed Bharata—just as you say. For to me, you are my own; and in the very same way, the Pandavas too are my own.”

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus, in this manner

एतत्this (is)

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

यथाas, just as

वदसिyou say

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

यथाas, just as

एवindeed, just

हिfor, indeed

भवन्तःyou (honorific, plural)

मेof me, my

तथाso, in the same way

एवindeed, just

ममof me, my

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Bharata (addressed Kuru prince)

Pandavas

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes