Shloka 82

Devanagari script

अभीषाहा: शूरसेना: शिबयो5थ वसातय: । शाल्वाश्रयास्त्रिगर्ताश्न॒ अम्बष्ठा: केकयै: सह,सौवीर, कितव, प्राच्य, प्रतीच्य, उदीच्य, मालव, अभीषाह, शूरसेन, शिबि, वसाति, शाल्वाश्रय, त्रिगर्त, अम्बष्ठ और केकय--इन सभी देशोंके ये सारे महामनस्वी वीर बाणोंसे घायल और घावोंसे पीड़ित होनेपर भी अर्जुनके साथ युद्ध करनेवाले भीष्मको संग्राम भूमिमें छोड़ न सके

Transliteration

abhīṣāhāḥ śūrasenāḥ śibayo 'tha vasātayaḥ | śālvāśrayās trigartāś ca ambaṣṭhāḥ kekayaiḥ saha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: The Abhīṣāhas, the Śūrasenas, the Śibis, and the Vasātis; those who had taken refuge with the Śālvas, the Trigartas, and the Ambaṣṭhas together with the Kekayas—all these high-spirited warriors, though pierced by arrows and suffering from wounds, still could not abandon Bhīṣma on the battlefield as he fought Arjuna. The verse underscores a warrior’s code of loyalty and steadfastness amid the brutal demands of war, even when the cost is bodily pain and near-certain peril.

Word by Word

• अभीषाहाः: the Abhishahas (a people)
• अभीषाहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभीषाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शूरसेनाः: the Shurasenas (a people)
• शूरसेनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूरसेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शिबयः: the Shibis (a people)
• शिबयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अथ: and/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• वसातयः: the Vasatis/Vasatayas (a people)
• वसातयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शाल्वाश्रयाः: those dwelling in/depending on the Shalvas (Shalva-ashrayas)
• शाल्वाश्रयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाल्वाश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रिगर्ताः: the Trigartas (a people)
• त्रिगर्ताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिगर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अम्बष्ठाः: the Ambasthas (a people)
• अम्बष्ठाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केकयैः: with/by the Kekayas
• केकयैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: केकय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Bhīṣma
• Abhīṣāhas
• Śūrasenas
• Śibis
• Vasātis (Vasātayas)
• Śālvas
• Trigartas
• Ambaṣṭhas
• Kekayas
• battlefield (saṅgrāma-bhūmi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfast loyalty and the kṣatriya ideal of not abandoning one’s commander in battle, even under severe injury—an ethic of duty and solidarity amid the harsh realities of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya lists several allied peoples fighting on the Kaurava side and notes that, though wounded by Arjuna’s arrows, they remain on the field with Bhīṣma and do not leave him as he continues to engage Arjuna.