Shloka 35

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

Devanagari script

अहं च तेडनुयास्यामि भीम: कृष्णश्व॒ मारिष । माद्रीपुत्री च सहितौ द्रौपदेयाश्व॒ दंशिता:

Transliteration

ahaṁ ca te ’nuyāsyāmi bhīmaḥ kṛṣṇaś ca māriṣa | mādrīputrī ca sahitau draupadeyāś ca daṁśitāḥ ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—“ನಾನೂ ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಅನುಸರಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಓ ಪೂಜ್ಯನೇ, ಭೀಮ ಮತ್ತು ಕೃಷ್ಣರೂ; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಮಾದ್ರಿಯ ಇಬ್ಬರು ಪುತ್ರರು ಮತ್ತು ದ್ರೌಪದಿಯ ಧೈರ್ಯಶಾಲಿ ಪುತ್ರರೂ ಸಹಿತವಾಗಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ.”

Word by Word

अहम्I

चand

तेyou

अनुयास्यामिI shall follow

भीमःBhima

कृष्णःKrishna

चand

मारिषO noble one / O sir

माद्रीपुत्रीMadri's daughter (i.e., Sahadeva's sister / Nakula-Sahadeva line; epithet)

चand

सहितौtogether (the two)

द्रौपदेयाःthe sons of Draupadi

चand

दंशिताःarmed / equipped (lit. furnished with fangs/teeth; idiomatically well-armed)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīma

Kṛṣṇa

Mādrī

Nakula

Sahadeva

Draupadī

Draupadeyas (sons of Draupadī)

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 steadfast loyalty and coordinated action in a righteous cause: key allies and warriors commit to follow and support their leader, emphasizing disciplined unity and readiness in the performance of one’s duty (especially in the context of dharma-yuddha).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a declaration of accompaniment: he states that he too will follow, and that major Pāṇḍava figures—Bhīma, Kṛṣṇa, the sons of Mādrī (Nakula and Sahadeva), and the sons of Draupadī—are together and armed, indicating mobilization and collective resolve on the battlefield.