Shloka 7

Devanagari script

रहितं धिष्ण्यमालोक्य समुत्सार्य च रक्षिण: । पितेव पुत्र गाड़ेय: परिरभ्यैकपाणिना,उसकी बात सुनकर बंद नेत्रोंवाले बलवान्‌ कुरुवृद्ध भीष्मने धीरेसे आँखें खोलकर देखा और उस स्थानको एकान्त देख पहरेदारोंको दूर हटाकर एक हाथसे कर्णका उसी प्रकार सस्नेह आलिंगन किया, जैसे पिता अपने पुत्रको गलेसे लगाता है। तत्पश्चात्‌ उन्होंने इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | rahitaṃ dhiṣṇyam ālokya samutsārya ca rakṣiṇaḥ | pitevā putraṃ gāḍheyaḥ parirabhyai kapāṇinā |

Translation

Sanjaya said: Seeing the chamber empty and having the guards withdrawn, the aged Bhishma embraced Karna with one hand, with deep affection—just as a father clasps his son. Then, in that privacy, he began to speak.

Word by Word

रहितम्devoid (of), empty

धिष्ण्यम्place, seat, spot

आलोक्यhaving looked at, seeing

समुत्सार्यhaving driven away, having removed

चand

रक्षिणःguards, sentries

पिताfather

इवlike, as

पुत्रम्son

गाङ्गेयःGāṅgeya (Bhīṣma)

परिरभ्यhaving embraced

एकपाणिनाwith one hand

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Bhishma

Karna

guards (rakṣiṇaḥ)

chamber/seat (dhiṣṇya)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes