Shloka 236

Devanagari script

तव चापि सहिष्येड5हं गदापाताननेकश: । खड़ा रह, खड़ा रह', मेरी गदाकी यह एक ही चोट सह ले, फिर मैं तेरी गदाकी भी अनेक चोटें सहन करूँगा”

Transliteration

tava cāpi sahiṣye ’haṃ gadāpātān anekaśaḥ | khaḍā raha, khaḍā raha, merī gadā-kī yaha eka hī coṭa saha le, phira maiṃ terī gadā-kī bhī aneka coṭeṃ sahan karūṃgā |

Translation

Sanjaya said: “I too will endure your many blows of the mace. ‘Stand firm, stand firm—bear just this single strike of my mace; then I will bear many strikes from your mace as well.’”

Word by Word

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सहिष्ये: I shall endure / bear
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• गदापातान्: blows/strikes of a mace
• गदापातान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदापात
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अनेकशः: many times / repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशस्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• mace (gadā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the warrior ideal of steadfastness under pain: accepting blows without flinching, meeting force with courage, and maintaining resolve even amid violent confrontation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of battle, a combatant issues a taunt-like challenge centered on the mace: urging the opponent to stand firm and endure a single decisive strike, while declaring willingness to endure many retaliatory mace-blows.