Mahabharata 6.97.18 — Bhishma Parva, Adhyaya 97, Shloka 18

अभिमन्यु–अलम्बुसयुद्धम् / The Duel of Abhimanyu and Alambusa

with Arjuna’s approach to Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

त॑ प्रत्यविध्यद्‌ दशभिर्थीमसेन: शिलीमुखै: । त्वरमाणो महेष्वास: सब्ये पाश्वे महाबल:,तब महाबली महाधनुर्धर भीमसेनने भी बड़ी उतावलीके साथ द्रोणाचार्यकी बायीं पसलीमें दस बाण मारकर उन्हें घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

taṁ pratyavidhyad daśabhir bhīmasenaḥ śilīmukhaiḥ | tvaramāṇo maheṣvāsaḥ savye pārśve mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຈະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ແລ້ວພີມະເສນະ ຜູ້ມີພະລັງຫຼາຍ ແລະວ່ອງໄວໃນການກະທຳ ເປັນນັກທະນູຍິງຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ໄດ້ຕອບໂຕກັບດ້ວຍລູກສອນຄົມ 10 ດອກ ຈິ່ມທະລຸຂ້າງຊ້າຍຂອງເຂົາ. ໃນຈັນຍາບັນອັນຫມອງມືດຂອງສົງຄາມ ນີ້ຖືກເລົ່າເປັນການຕອບໂຕອັນຮຸນແຮງ—ຄວາມກ້າຫານແລະຄວາມຮີບດ່ວນ ຂັບດັນການກະທຳຂອງນັກຮົບ ທ່າມກາງຄວາມຮຸນແຮງບໍ່ຢຸດຢັ້ງແຫ່ງກຸຣຸກເສດຕຣະ.

Word by Word

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

• प्रत्यविध्यत्: pierced, struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (विध्) + प्रति
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena (Bhima)
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिलीमुखैः: with sharp arrows
• शिलीमुखैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिलीमुख
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• त्वरमाणः: hastening
• त्वरमाणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वर्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महेष्वासः: the great archer
• महेष्वासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सव्ये: in the left
• सव्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सव्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पार्श्वे: side, flank
• पार्श्वे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महाबलः: the mighty one
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Droṇācārya
• śilīmukha arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the battlefield ethic of immediate counteraction within kṣatriya-dharma: courage, speed, and martial skill are praised, while the narrative also implicitly underscores the tragic inevitability of harm once war is embraced.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Bhīma, acting quickly, shoots ten śilīmukha arrows at Droṇa, piercing him on the left side—an intense exchange in the Kurukṣetra combat sequence.