Shloka 12

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय 54: फल्गुन-प्रतिरोधः, सौबली-व्यूह-विध्वंसः, दुर्योधन-भीष्म-संवादः

Devanagari script

क्षयं नीतो5स्मि वार्ष्णेय राज्यहेतो: पराक्रमी । भ्रातरश्वैव मे वीरा: कर्शिता: शरपीडिता:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

kṣayaṃ nīto ’smi vārṣṇeya rājya-hetoḥ parākramī |

bhrātaraś caiva me vīrāḥ karśitāḥ śara-pīḍitāḥ ||

Translation

စဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «အို ဝါရ္ṣṇေယ (ကృష్ణ)၊ နိုင်ငံတော်အတွက် သတ္တိပြခဲ့သော်လည်း ငါသည် ပျက်စီးခြင်းသို့ ဆွဲခေါ်ခံနေရသည်။ ငါ၏ သူရဲကောင်းညီအစ်ကိုတို့လည်း မြားဒဏ်ကြောင့် နာကျင်၍ အလွန်ပိန်လှီလာကြသည်»။

Word by Word

• क्षयम्: to destruction/decay
• क्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नीतः: led/brought
• नीतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (√नी)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (√अस्)
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Singular

• वार्ष्णेय: O Vārṣṇeya (descendant of Vṛṣṇi)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राज्यहेतोः: for the sake of the kingdom
• राज्यहेतोः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्यहेतु
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• पराक्रमी: valiant
• पराक्रमी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराक्रमिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• वीराः: heroes/valiant ones
• वीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कर्शिताः: emaciated/worn down
• कर्शिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कर्शय् (√कृश्/कर्श्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शरपीडिताः: afflicted by arrows
• शरपीडिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरपीडित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vārṣṇeya (Kṛṣṇa)
• brothers (bhrātaraḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Prowess pursued for the sake of political gain (rājya-hetoḥ) can culminate in personal ruin and the suffering of one’s kin; the verse underscores the ethical cost of ambition when it is paid for in blood and exhaustion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses Kṛṣṇa (Vārṣṇeya), lamenting that despite acting valiantly for a kingdom, he is being worn down, and his brothers are likewise wasting away under the torment of arrows—an immediate depiction of the battlefield’s attrition.