Shloka 15

Devanagari script

एवमुक्‍्त्वा शान्तनवो निन्दन्‌ वाक्येन पार्थिवान्‌ । अर्जुन द्रष्टमिच्छामीत्यभ्यभाषत भारत

Transliteration

evam uktvā śāntanavo nindan vākyena pārthivān | arjuna draṣṭum icchāmīty abhyabhāṣata bhārata ||

Translation

ສັນຈະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອກ່າວດັ່ງນັ້ນແລ້ວ ພີສະມະ ບຸດແຫ່ງຊານຕະນຸ ໄດ້ຕໍານິບັນດາກະສັດອື່ນໆດ້ວຍຖ້ອຍຄໍາ ແລະກ່າວວ່າ: «ບັດນີ້ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າປາຖະໜາຈະເຫັນອາຣຈຸນ» ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active

• शान्तनवः: the son of Śāntanu (Bhīṣma)
• शान्तनवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तनव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• निन्दन्: censuring
• Type: Verb
• Root: निन्द्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• वाक्येन: with (his) words/speech
• वाक्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• पार्थिवान्: kings
• पार्थिवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), active

• इच्छामि: I desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, first, singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• अभ्यभाषत: he spoke/addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-भाष्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, third, singular

• भारत: O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śāntanu
• Arjuna
• kings (pārthivāḥ)
• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address 'bhārata')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a warrior-elder’s ethical discernment in war: empty status among kings is criticized, while true merit is acknowledged. Bhīṣma’s wish to see Arjuna underscores respect for genuine prowess and the moral seriousness of facing a worthy opponent.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Bhīṣma, after rebuking other kings with sharp words, openly declares his desire to see (and by implication confront) Arjuna on the battlefield, signaling Arjuna’s central importance in the coming clash.