Shloka 13

भीष्मशिबिरगमनम् — Duryodhana’s Visit to Bhīṣma’s Camp and the Command Appeal

Devanagari script

न्यवेदयत चात्मानमर्जुनस्य महात्मन: । इरावानस्मि भद्रं ते पुत्रश्चाहं तव प्रभो

Transliteration

nyavedayat cātmānam arjunasya mahātmanaḥ | irāvān asmi bhadraṃ te putraś cāhaṃ tava prabho ||

Translation

ನಂತರ ಅವನು ಮಹಾತ್ಮ ಅರ್ಜುನನಿಗೆ ತನ್ನನ್ನು ಪರಿಚಯಿಸಿ ಹೇಳಿದನು— “ಪ್ರಭು, ನಿಮಗೆ ಮಂಗಳವಾಗಲಿ. ನಾನು ಇರಾವಾನನು; ನಾನು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮಗನು.”

Word by Word

• न्यवेदयत्: he informed / he introduced (made known)
• न्यवेदयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (वेदयति) / निवेदयति
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आत्मानम्: himself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्जुनस्य: of Arjuna / to Arjuna
• अर्जुनस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इरावान्: Irāvān
• इरावान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इरावान्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 1, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भद्रम्: welfare / good fortune
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• तव: your / of you
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• प्रभो: O lord / O master
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Irāvān

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic conduct through truthful self-identification and respectful address: even in wartime, one should uphold humility, propriety, and recognition of familial bonds.

What is happening in the narrative?

Irāvān approaches Arjuna and formally introduces himself as Arjuna’s son, offering a blessing (“bhadraṃ te”) and addressing him with reverence (“prabho”).