Shloka 36

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय 54: फल्गुन-प्रतिरोधः, सौबली-व्यूह-विध्वंसः, दुर्योधन-भीष्म-संवादः

Devanagari script

तत उद्धर्षयन्‌ सर्वान्‌ धृष्टद्युम्नो5 भ्यभाषत

Transliteration

tata uddharṣayan sarvān dhṛṣṭadyumno 'bhyabhāṣata

Translation

そのとき、皆を奮い立たせ励ましつつ、ドリシュタデュムナは集まった戦士たちに語りかけた。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereafter')

• उद्धर्षयन्: encouraging, cheering up
• उद्धर्षयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-हृष्
• Form: Present active participle (वर्तमान कृदन्त), masculine nominative singular

• सर्वान्: all (of them)
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine accusative plural

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine nominative singular (proper noun)

• अभ्यभाषत: spoke, addressed
• अभ्यभाषत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-भाष्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In a dharma-charged conflict, leadership includes strengthening others’ courage and clarity of purpose; uplifting the collective mind is presented as a necessary support to right action in crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Dhṛṣṭadyumna, after energizing everyone present, begins to speak—introducing a motivating address to his side as preparations and tensions of battle intensify.