Shloka 11

अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः

Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle

Devanagari script

व्यामोहिते तु तनये बाह्लीकस्तमुपाद्रवत्‌

Transliteration

vyāmohite tu tanaye bāhlīkas tam upādravat

Translation

ಆದರೆ ಅವನ ಮಗನು ವ್ಯಾಮೋಹಕ್ಕೆ ಒಳಗಾದಾಗ, ಬಾಹ್ಲೀಕನು ಅವನ ಮೇಲೆ ದಾಳಿ ಮಾಡಿ ಧಾವಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

• व्यामोहिते: when (he) was bewildered
• व्यामोहिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यामोहित
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तनये: in/when (his) son
• तनये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• बाह्लीकः: Bāhlīka
• बाह्लीकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाह्लीक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपाद्रवत्: ran up/attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bāhlīka
• tanaya (son)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how moha (bewilderment) in the battlefield can provoke rash, attachment-driven reactions; even respected elders may act from factional loyalty and emotion rather than steady judgment, illustrating the ethical cost of war’s confusion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that when a certain warrior’s son became bewildered, Bāhlīka immediately charged at that person, indicating a sudden escalation in the combat sequence.