Shloka 18

Nirmaryāda-saṃgrāma-varṇana — The Unbounded Clash and Bhīṣma’s Rallying Presence

Devanagari script

अहंकार बल दर्प काम॑ क्रोध॑ च संश्रिता: । मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्धिषन्तो5भ्यसूयका:+,वे अहंकार, बल, घमण्ड, कामना और क्रोधादिके परायण और दूसरोंकी निन्दा करनेवाले पुरुष अपने और दूसरोंके शरीरमें स्थित मुझ अन्तर्यामीसे द्वेष करनेवाले होते हैं?

Transliteration

ahaṅkāra-bala-darpa-kāma-krodha-saṁśritāḥ | mām ātma-para-deheṣu pradviṣanto 'bhyasūyakāḥ ||

Translation

ଯେମାନେ ଅହଂକାର, ବଳ, ଦର୍ପ, କାମ ଓ କ୍ରୋଧର ଆଶ୍ରୟ ନେଇ, ଦୋଷଦର୍ଶୀ ଓ ଈର୍ଷ୍ୟାଳୁ ହୁଅନ୍ତି—ସେମାନେ ନିଜ ଦେହରେ ଓ ଅନ୍ୟର ଦେହରେ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ ମୋତେ, ଅନ୍ତର୍ୟାମୀକୁ, ଦ୍ୱେଷ କରନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

अहंकारegoism

बलstrength

दर्पpride/arrogance

कामdesire

क्रोधम्anger

चand

संश्रिताःhaving resorted to; devoted to

माम्me

आत्म-पर-देहेषुin (their) own and others' bodies

प्रद्विषन्तःhating; bearing malice

अभ्यसूयकाःcensorious; fault-finding

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

the indwelling Lord (Antaryāmin / Īśvara)

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?

Ego, arrogance, desire, and anger—combined with envy and fault-finding—lead a person to oppose the divine presence that dwells equally within oneself and within others; spiritual hostility is rooted in these inner vices.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīṣma Parva context, the discourse highlights moral and spiritual causes behind destructive behavior: certain people, dominated by pride and envy, become antagonistic to the Lord who abides as the inner ruler in all embodied beings.