Shloka 26

Bhīṣma’s Retrospective of the Jāmadagnya Rāma Encounter

Divyāstra-Pratiyuddha and Twilight Cessation

Devanagari script

ततो वै सहसोत्थाय रामो मामभ्यवर्तत । पुनर्युद्धाय कौरव्य विद्वल: क्रोधमूरच्च्छित:,कुरुनन्दन! इसी समय परशुरामजी सहसा उठकर क्रोधसे मूर्च्छित एवं विह्नल हो पुनः युद्धके लिये मेरे समीप आये

Transliteration

tato vai sahasotthāya rāmo mām abhyavartata | punar yuddhāya kauravya vidvalaḥ krodha-mūrcchitaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma berkata: “Kemudian Rama (Parashurama) bangkit serta-merta dan mara kepadaku lagi untuk bertempur semula. Wahai zuriat Kuru, dia kebingungan, seakan-akan pengsan kerana amarah, kembali untuk menyambung pertempuran.”

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सहसा: suddenly, quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• उत्थाय: having risen
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (स्था)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• रामः: Rama (Parashurama)
• रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यवर्तत: approached, came near
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√वृत् (वर्तते/वर्तति)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, परस्मैपद

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• युद्धाय: for battle
• युद्धाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• कौरव्य: O descendant of Kuru
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विद्वलः: bewildered, distraught
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्वल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रोध-मूर्च्छितः: fainted/overcome with anger
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध + मूर्च्छित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle), कर्मणि

• कुरु-नन्दन: O joy of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• Kauravya (a Kuru descendant; addressed listener)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger can overwhelm discernment even in great figures, pushing conflict to renew itself. Implicitly it contrasts martial resolve with the ethical need for self-mastery (krodha-jaya) within kṣatriya conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma recounts that Paraśurāma suddenly rises and advances toward him again, intent on resuming the duel. The description emphasizes Paraśurāma’s rage-driven agitation as he returns to the fight.