Shloka 16

भीष्म–रामयुद्धवर्णनम्

Bhīṣma’s Account of the Strategic Engagement with Rāma Jāmadagnya

Devanagari script

ततो जित्वा त्वमेवैनं पुनरुत्थापयिष्यसि । अस्त्रेण दयितेनाजौ भीष्म सम्बोधनेन वै,'भीष्म! तदनन्तर अपने उस प्रिय अस्त्रके द्वारा युद्धमें विजयी होकर तुम्हीं उन्हें सम्बोधनास्त्रद्वारा पुन: जगाकर उठाओगे

Transliteration

tato jitvā tvam evainaṁ punar utthāpayiṣyasi | astreṇa dayitenaājau bhīṣma sambodhanena vai |

Translation

પછી યુદ્ધમાં તારા પ્રિય અસ્ત્રથી તેને જીતીને તું જ તેને ફરી ઊભો કરશ; અને ‘ભીષ્મ!’ કહી સંબોધનરૂપ અસ્ત્રથી તેને જાગૃત કરશ.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

जित्वाhaving conquered/defeated

त्वम्you

एवindeed, only

एनम्him (this person)

पुनःagain

उत्थापयिष्यसिyou will raise/rouse (him) up

अस्त्रेणby/with a weapon

दयितेनbeloved, dear

अजौin battle

भीष्मO Bhishma

सम्बोधनेनby an address/calling (as a means)

वैindeed, surely

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

astra (weapon/missile)

sambodhana (act of calling/addressing)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power in war is to be governed by dharma: even after victory, one should act with restraint and responsibility, not with needless cruelty—restoring the fallen when the aim is correction or duty rather than annihilation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a sequence in which the addressed warrior defeats an opponent and then revives or rouses him again—using a favored weapon and also the force of direct address (“Bhīṣma!”), suggesting a controlled, purposeful use of martial skill.