Shloka 466

Devanagari script

भीष्म जुगुपुरासाद्य तव पुत्रेण नोदिता: । दुर्मुख, कृतवर्मा, कृपाचार्य तथा राजा शल्य आपके पुत्रकी आज्ञासे आकर भीष्मकी रक्षा करने लगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

bhīṣmaṃ jugupur āsādya tava putreṇa noditāḥ |

durmukhaḥ kṛtavarmā kṛpācāryas tathā rājā śalyaḥ tava putrasyājñayā āgatya bhīṣmasya rakṣāṃ kartum ārabdhavantaḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: ໂດຍຖືກກະຕຸ້ນຈາກລູກຊາຍຂອງພະອົງ ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ເຂົ້າປິດລ້ອມພີສະມະເພື່ອປົກປ້ອງ. ດຸຣະມຸຂະ, ກຣິຕະວັຣມາ, ກຣິປາຈາຣຍະ ແລະ ກະສັດ ຊັລຍະ ໄດ້ມາຕາມຄຳສັ່ງຂອງລູກຊາຍພະອົງ ແລ້ວເລີ່ມຄຸ້ມກັນພີສະມະ.

Word by Word

भीष्मम्Bhishma (as object)

जुगुपुःprotected/guarded

आसाद्यhaving approached/reached

तवof you/your

पुत्रेणby (your) son

नःof us/our

उदिताःprompted/urged (set in motion)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Bhishma

Duryodhana

Durmukha

Kritavarma

Kripacharya (Kripa)

King Shalya

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 the tension between loyalty to one’s leader and the broader demands of dharma: in war, warriors often act from obedience and group duty, rallying to protect their commander, even when the conflict itself is ethically complex.

What is happening in the narrative?

At Duryodhana’s urging, key Kaurava-aligned fighters—Durmukha, Kritavarma, Kripacharya, and King Shalya—move in to guard Bhishma, forming a protective screen around him on the battlefield.