Shloka 94

Devanagari script

संज्ञां चोपालभद्‌ वीर: कालं॑ संचिन्त्य भारत । अन्तरिक्षे च शुश्राव दिव्या वाच: समन्तत:,भारत! समयका विचार करके वीरवर भीष्मने अपने होश-हवाशको ठीक रखा। उस समय आकाशमें सब ओरसे दिव्य वाणी सुनायी दी

Transliteration

saṃjñāṃ copālabhad vīraḥ kālaṃ saṃcintya bhārata | antarīkṣe ca śuśrāva divyā vācaḥ samantataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O Bhārata, after reflecting on the right moment, the heroic Bhīṣma regained full composure. Then, from the sky, a divine voice was heard resounding from every direction—an omen that the unfolding events were being witnessed and judged by a higher moral order amid the chaos of war.

Word by Word

• {'saṃjñām': 'consciousness, awareness

• composure', 'ca': 'and', 'upālabhat (upālabhad)': 'he obtained, he regained', 'vīraḥ': 'hero, valiant warrior', 'kālam': 'time

• the proper moment/occasion', 'saṃcintya': 'having reflected upon, having considered carefully', 'bhārata': 'O descendant of Bharata (address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

• also ‘O Bhārata’', 'antarīkṣe': 'in the mid-air, in the sky', 'śuśrāva': 'he heard', 'divyāḥ vācaḥ': 'divine words/voice

• celestial utterance', 'samantataḥ': 'on all sides, from every direction'}

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• Bhīṣma
• antarīkṣa (the sky)
• divyā vāk (divine voice)