Shloka 26

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ११०: पार्थभीमयोः प्रहारः तथा भीष्माभिमुखं संग्रामविस्तारः

Arjuna and Bhima’s pressure; escalation toward Bhishma

Devanagari script

धर्मपुत्र विषादं त्वं मा कृथा: सत्यसड्रर । यस्य ते भ्रातर: शूरा दुर्जया: शत्रुसूदना:,“धर्मपुत्र! सत्यप्रतिज्ञ कुन्तीकुमार! विषाद न कीजिये, आपके भाई बड़े ही शूरवीर, दुर्जय तथा शत्रुओंका संहार करनेमें समर्थ हैं

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | dharmaputra viṣādaṃ tvaṃ mā kṛthāḥ satyasaṅgara | yasya te bhrātaraḥ śūrā durjayāḥ śatrusūdanāḥ ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “O Dharmaputra, do not give way to despair, O steadfast in truth and in battle. For your brothers are heroic—hard to overcome—and fully capable of crushing the enemy.”

Word by Word

धर्मपुत्रO son of Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira)

विषादम्despondency, grief

त्वम्you

माdo not

कृथाःdo/make

सत्यसङ्गरO true-in-battle / O one whose battle is true (epithet)

यस्यwhose

तेof you, your

भ्रातरःbrothers

शूराःheroic, brave

दुर्जयाःhard to conquer, invincible

शत्रुसूदनाःslayers of enemies

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira)

the brothers (Pāṇḍavas)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A leader committed to dharma should not succumb to despair; moral resolve is strengthened by remembering one’s righteous support system and the capacity of allies to face adversity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra), urging him to abandon dejection and take heart, pointing to the proven heroism and invincibility of his brothers as grounds for confidence in the war.