Shloka 9

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

Devanagari script

भार्यार्थ तां च जग्राह पार्थ: कामवशानुगाम्‌ । एवमेष समुत्पन्न: परपक्षे&र्जुनात्मज:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

bhāryārthaṃ tāṃ ca jagrāha pārthaḥ kāmavaśānugām |

evam eṣa samutpannaḥ parapakṣe 'rjunātmajaḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ເພື່ອຮັບນາງເປັນພັນລະຍາ ປາຣຖະ (ອາຣະຊຸນ) ໄດ້ຮັບນາງ ນາງນາກຜູ້ຕົກຢູ່ໃຕ້ອຳນາດແຫ່ງກາມ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ບຸດຂອງອາຣະຊຸນຜູ້ນີ້ຈຶ່ງເກີດຂຶ້ນ ແລະ ບັດນີ້ຢືນຢູ່ຝ່າຍຕໍ່ຕ້ານ—ເພາະຖືກລ້ຽງໃນວົງສາມານດາ.

Word by Word

• भार्यार्थम्: as husband (for husbandhood)
• भार्यार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्यार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• जग्राह: took, accepted
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पार्थः: Pārtha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कामवशानुगाम्: following the sway of desire
• कामवशानुगाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामवशानुगा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समुत्पन्नः: arisen, born
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उत्-पद् (धातु) → समुत्पन्न (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• परपक्षे: in the other side/party
• परपक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परपक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अर्जुनात्मजः: Arjuna's son
• अर्जुनात्मजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुनात्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Nāga maiden (Nāgakanyā)
• Arjuna's son (Arjunātmaja) on the opposing side

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how personal desire and marital choices can shape lineage and later political or wartime allegiance; birth and upbringing (especially maternal affiliation) can influence where one stands in a conflict, raising ethical reflection on responsibility, attachment, and consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya explains the origin of a warrior who is presently in the enemy camp: Arjuna accepted a Nāga maiden as a wife, and from that union a son was born; the son’s later alignment is connected to his maternal side and upbringing.