Shloka 9

Adhyāya 104 — Śikhaṇḍin-puraskāraḥ (Śikhaṇḍin as Vanguard) and Bhīṣma’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

अभिमन्युश्न वेगेन सिंहवद्‌ विनदन्‌ मुहुः

Transliteration

abhimanyuḥ śnavegena siṁhavad vinadan muhuḥ

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်—အဘိမညုသည် အလွန်မြန်သော အရှိန်ဖြင့် ရှေ့သို့ တိုးဝင်ကာ မကြာခဏ ခြင်္သေ့ကဲ့သို့ ဟိန်းဟောက်လေ၏—စစ်၏ ဓမ္မဆိုင်ရာ အလေးအနက်ကြားတွင်ပင် မကြောက်မရွံ့ သန္နိဋ္ဌာန်၏ ပုံရိပ်တစ်ရပ် ဖြစ်၏။

Word by Word

• अभिमन्युः: Abhimanyu
• अभिमन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेगेन: with speed/impetus
• वेगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सिंहवत्: like a lion
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सिंहवत्

• विनदन्: roaring/sounding
• विनदन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• मुहुः: again and again/repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Abhimanyu
• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma expressed as fearless resolve and steadfast spirit in battle; Abhimanyu’s repeated lion-like roar symbolizes inner courage and the will to face danger without wavering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports Abhimanyu’s rapid advance and repeated battle-roar, portraying him as a lion-like warrior whose presence and sound intensify the battlefield’s momentum.