Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अभिमन्युर्महाबाहू रथयूथपयूथप: । सम: पार्थन समरे वासुदेवेन चारिहा,महाबाहु अभिमन्यु रथ-यूथपतियोंका भी यूथपति है। वह शत्रुनाशक वीर समरभूमिमें अर्जुन और श्रीकृष्णके समान पराक्रमी है। उसने अस्त्रविद्याकी विधिवत शिक्षा प्राप्त की है। वह युद्धकी विचित्र कलाएँ जानता है तथा दृढ़तापूर्वक व्रतका पालन करनेवाला और मनस्वी है। वह अपने पिताके क्लेशको याद करके अवश्य पराक्रम दिखायेगा

Transliteration

abhimanyur mahābāhu rathayūthapayūthapaḥ | samaḥ pārthena samare vāsudevena cārihā ||

Translation

ភីṣ្មៈបានមានព្រះវាចា៖ «អភិមន្យុ វីរបុរសដៃខ្លាំង ជាមេដឹកនាំក្នុងចំណោមមេដឹកនាំក្រុមរថ។ ក្នុងសមរភូមិ គាត់ស្មើបಾರ್ಥ (អរជុន) និងវាសុទេវ (ក្រឹṣṇa) ក្នុងអំណាចក្លាហាន ហើយជាអ្នកបំផ្លាញសត្រូវ»។

Word by Word

अभिमन्युःAbhimanyu

महाबाहुःmighty-armed

रथयूथपयूथपःleader of the leaders of chariot-troops

समःequal

पार्थेनwith/compared to Partha (Arjuna)

समरेin battle

वासुदेवेनwith/compared to Vasudeva (Krishna)

चand

अरिहाslayer of foes

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Abhimanyu

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

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?

Bhīṣma highlights the dharmic ideal of the kṣatriya: disciplined training, steadfast vows, and leadership expressed as measured valor. Excellence in war is framed not as mere aggression but as duty carried by a well-trained, self-controlled warrior.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war deliberations, Bhīṣma assesses key fighters. Here he praises Abhimanyu as an exceptional chariot-commander, declaring him comparable in battlefield prowess to Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa, thereby signaling the Pandava side’s formidable strength.