Shloka 1

भीष्मस्य मण्डलव्यूहः — Bhīṣma’s Maṇḍala Battle-Formation and the Opening Engagements

Devanagari script

[दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका १ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ४४ “लोक हैं।] अपने-आप बछ। अं क्ाज चतु:सप्ततितमो< ध्याय: सात्यकि और भूरिश्रवाका युद्ध

Transliteration

sajaya uv
01ca |

atha r
01jan mah
01b
01hu25 s
01tyakir yuddha-durmada25 |

vik5b63ya c
01pa43 samare bh
01ra-s
01ham anuttamam ||

Translation

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അനന്തരം, ഹേ രാജാവേ, മഹാബാഹുവായ സാത്യകി യുദ്ധോന്മാദത്തിൽ ഉന്മത്തനായി, സമരമദ്ധ്യേ മഹാബലം സഹിക്കാവുന്ന അനുത്തമ ധനുസ്സിനെ വലിച്ചെടുത്തു പിടിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• {'atha': 'then

• now (transition in narration)', 'r\x0101jan': 'O king (vocative

• addressed to Dh\x1e5btar\x0101\x1e63\x1e6dra)', 'mah\x0101b\x0101hu\x1e25': 'mighty-armed

• of great strength (epithet of a hero)', 's\x0101tyaki\x1e25': 'Satyaki (Yuyudh\x0101na), a V\x1e5b\x1e63\x1e47i warrior allied with the P\x0101\x1e47\x1e0davas', 'yuddha-durmada\x1e25': 'fierce/proudly exhilarated in battle

• carried away by battle-fury', 'vik\x1e5b\x1e63ya': 'having drawn back

• having pulled (the bowstring)', 'c\x0101pam': 'bow', 'samare': 'in battle

• in the combat-field', 'bh\x0101ra-s\x0101ham': 'able to endure heavy strain/weight

• sturdy, powerful (of the bow)', 'anuttamam': 'unsurpassed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sajaya
• Dh5btar
  01636dra
• S
  01tyaki (Yuyudh
  01na)
• bow (c
  01pa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds k63atriya-dharma in its martial form: steadiness, readiness, and disciplined force. Satyakibcs act of drawing his powerful bow symbolizes resolve and the acceptance of duty amid escalating conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya, reporting to King Dh5btar
01636dra, marks a new phase of combat: Satyaki, energized by battle, prepares to engage by drawing his exceptional bow on the battlefield.