Shloka 97

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

आकाशादीरितां दिव्यामात्मनो हितसम्भवाम्‌ | भीष्म भीष्म महाबाहो शीघ्रं यत्नं कुरुष्व वै

Transliteration

ākāśād īritāṃ divyām ātmano hitasambhavām | bhīṣma bhīṣma mahābāho śīghraṃ yatnaṃ kuruṣva vai ||

Translation

आकाशातून उठलेली, तुझ्याच हितासाठीची दिव्य वाणी—“भीष्म! भीष्म! महाबाहो, शीघ्र प्रयत्न कर।”

Word by Word

आकाशात्from the sky

ईरिताम्uttered/raised (sent forth)

दिव्याम्divine

आत्मनःof oneself / for oneself

हितसम्भवाम्arising for (one's) welfare

भीष्मO Bhishma

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

शीघ्रम्quickly

यत्नम्effort

कुरुष्वdo / make

वैindeed / surely

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīṣma

ākāśa (the sky/heavens)

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?

When a higher or wiser warning arises for one’s welfare, a leader should respond with prompt, disciplined effort; delay in dharmic action can magnify harm in a crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a celestial proclamation has been heard from the sky and urgently addresses Bhīṣma, urging him to act quickly and make immediate effort in response to that divine message.