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

サञ्जयは言った。「我もまた、汝の棍棒の数多の打撃に耐えよう。『踏みとどまれ、踏みとどまれ――まず我が棍棒のこの一撃だけを受けよ。そうすれば、次には我もまた汝の棍棒の幾多の一撃に耐えてみせる。』」

Word by Word

तवof you / your

चand

अपिalso / even

सहिष्येI shall endure / bear

अहम्I

गदापातान्blows/strikes of a mace

अनेकशःmany times / repeatedly

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

mace (gadā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.