Shloka 13

भीष्म–रामसंयुगनिवृत्तिः

Bhishma and Rama: Restraint and Withdrawal in the Engagement

Devanagari script

हनिष्यसि रणे भीष्म॑ पुरुषत्वं च लप्स्यसे । स्मरिष्यसि च तत्‌ सर्व देहमन्यं गता सती

Transliteration

haniṣyasi raṇe bhīṣmaṁ puruṣatvaṁ ca lapsyase | smariṣyasi ca tat sarvaṁ deham anyaṁ gatā satī ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : « Au combat, tu tueras assurément Bhīṣma, et, selon ce que requiert la situation, tu obtiendras aussi la condition d’homme. Même après avoir quitté ce corps pour un autre, tu garderas la mémoire de tous ces événements. »

Word by Word

• हनिष्यसि: you will kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), परस्मैपद, 2, singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पुरुषत्वम्: manhood, male state
• पुरुषत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• लप्स्यसे: you will obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), आत्मनेपद, 2, singular

• स्मरिष्यसि: you will remember
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), परस्मैपद, 2, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• गता: having gone
• गता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), feminine, nominative, singular

• सती: being (while being)
• सती: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु) → सत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), feminine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the force of destiny and vows within kṣatriya ethics: a foretold act in war will occur, and even extraordinary means (such as acquiring manhood) may be sanctioned by circumstance; it also affirms continuity of consciousness through rebirth via retained memory.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses the one destined to be his slayer (contextually Śikhaṇḍin/Śikhaṇḍinī), declaring that in the coming battle Bhīṣma will be killed and that the slayer will gain manhood as needed, while remembering these events even after taking another body.