Shloka 9

भीष्म–जामदग्न्यसंवादः (Amba-prasaṅga and Kurukṣetra Dvandva Declaration) / Bhishma–Jamadagnya Dialogue

Devanagari script

सारथ्यं कृतवांस्तत्र युयुत्सोरकृतव्रण: । सखा वेदविदत्यन्तं दयितो भार्गवस्य ह,उस समय युद्धके इच्छुक परशुरामजीके प्रिय सखा वेदवेत्ता अकृतव्रणने उनके सारथिका कार्य सम्पन्न किया

Transliteration

sārathyaṁ kṛtavāṁs tatra yuyutsor akṛtavraṇaḥ | sakhā vedavid atyantaṁ dayito bhārgavasya ha ||

Translation

そこでは、アクリタヴラナ――ヴェーダに通暁し、バールガヴァ（パラシュラーマ）に深く愛された親友――が、戦いを望む彼の御者を務めていた。

Word by Word

सारथ्यम्charioteership, the role of charioteer

कृतवान्did, performed

तत्रthere

युयुत्सोःof (him) desiring to fight

अकृतव्रणःAkṛtavraṇa (proper name; lit. 'one whose wound is not made')

सखाfriend

वेदविद्knower of the Veda

अत्यन्तम्exceedingly, very much

दयितःbeloved, dear

भार्गवस्यof Bhārgava (Paraśurāma)

हindeed (emphatic particle)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Paraśurāma (Bhārgava)

Akṛtavraṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical weight of steadfast companionship: even in a context of impending violence, a trusted, learned friend supports the warrior’s undertaking, suggesting that counsel, loyalty, and competence are integral to how power is exercised.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma recounts that when Paraśurāma was intent on fighting, his close friend Akṛtavraṇa—renowned as a Veda-knower—took up the role of his charioteer, assisting him directly in the martial enterprise.