Shloka 483

उपायधर्म-सेनायोगः

Upāya-dharma and Senāyoga: Expedient Ethics & Army Deployment

Devanagari script

आगतं मे मित्रबलं प्रहरध्वमभीतवत्‌ | अपनी सेना उत्कृष्ट अवस्थामें हो या निकृष्ट अवस्थामें

Transliteration

āgataṃ me mitrabalaṃ praharadhvam abhītavat |

Translation

ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ກອງມິດຂອງເຮົາມາຮອດແລ້ວ. ຈົ່ງຟັນຟາດດັ່ງຜູ້ບໍ່ມີຄວາມຢ້ານ»। ໃນຄໍາສອນທີ່ລ້ອມຮອບນັ້ນ ທ່ານເນັ້ນເລື່ອງການປຸກໃຈໃນສະໜາມຮົບ: ບໍ່ວ່າກອງຂອງຕົນຈະເຂັ້ມແຂງຫຼືອ່ອນແອ, ແລະບໍ່ວ່າຂ່າວຈະຈິງຫຼືບໍ່ຈິງ, ກໍອາດຍົກແຂນຂຶ້ນຮ້ອງໂຮມເພື່ອຮວບຮວມໃຈທະຫານວ່າ: «ເບິ່ງເຖີດ! ສັດຕູກໍາລັງໜີ! ກອງມິດຂອງເຮົາມາແລ້ວ! ບັດນີ້ຈົ່ງຈູ່ໂຈມໂດຍບໍ່ຢ້ານ!» ຄວາມຕຶງຕັນທາງຈັນຍາທໍາຢູ່ທີ່ການໃຊ້ການປະກາດ—ແມ່ນແຕ່ການຫຼອກລວງ—ເປັນເຄື່ອງມືເພື່ອປັກໃຈຝ່າຍຕົນ ແລະທໍາລາຍກໍາລັງໃຈຝ່າຍຕໍ່ສູ້ໃນສົງຄາມ.

Word by Word

• आगतम्: has come/arrived
• आगतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• मित्रबलम्: the allied/friendly force
• मित्रबलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र + बल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्रहरध्वम्: strike! attack!
• प्रहरध्वम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ (धातु) (परस्मैपद) → प्रहरति
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Second, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अभीतवत्: fearlessly, like one unafraid
• अभीतवत्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभीत + वत्
• Form: true

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• mitrabala (allied army)
• śatru (enemy, implied by the accompanying sense)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse urges fearless action supported by confidence in allies; in context it highlights how leadership and speech can shape morale, even raising ethical questions about using true or false proclamations as wartime strategy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma instructs that when allied support arrives—or is announced as arriving—soldiers should be rallied to attack boldly, with shouted claims that the enemy is fleeing and that friendly forces have come.