Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अहमेको हनिष्यामि पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम्‌ | सुयुद्धे राजशार्दूल यशो भीष्मं गमिष्यति

Transliteration

aham eko haniṣyāmi pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm | suyuddhe rājasārdūla yaśo bhīṣmaṃ gamiṣyati ||

Translation

ରାଜଶାର୍ଦ୍ଦୂଲ! ମୁଁ ଏକାକୀ ପାଣ୍ଡବମାନଙ୍କ ସେନାକୁ ସଂହାର କରିଦେବି; କିନ୍ତୁ ସୁଯୁଦ୍ଧରେ ଯଶ ଭୀଷ୍ମଙ୍କୁ ହିଁ ଯିବ।

Word by Word

अहम्I

एकःalone, single-handed

हनिष्यामिI will slay

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pāṇḍavas

अनीकिनीम्army, host

सुयुद्धेin a good/bitter battle

राजशार्दूलO tiger among kings

यशःfame, glory

भीष्मम्Bhīṣma

गमिष्यतिwill go to, will reach

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Pāṇḍavas

the king addressed as Rājasārdūla (likely Dhṛtarāṣṭra in context)

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?

The verse highlights the warrior ethic in which one’s duty in battle and the pursuit of honor (yaśas) are treated as paramount; it also implicitly raises the moral strain of fulfilling loyalty to the throne even when it leads to violence against one’s own relatives.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war deliberations, Bhīṣma speaks with confidence to the king, asserting that he can single-handedly destroy the Pandavas’ forces and that, if the battle is fought properly, the resulting glory will be his.