Shloka 18

उपायधर्म-सेनायोगः

Upāya-dharma and Senāyoga: Expedient Ethics & Army Deployment

Devanagari script

उपन्यासावतरणं पदातीनां च गूहनम्‌ | अथ शत्रुप्रतीघातमापदर्थ परायणम्‌

Transliteration

upanyāsāvataraṇaṁ padātīnāṁ ca gūhanam | atha śatrupratīghātam āpadartha-parāyaṇam

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «Следует устроить продуманное сближение (плановое развертывание), скрыть передвижения пехоты, а затем нанести врагу ответный удар — действуя с единой решимостью ради встречи с бедой.»

Word by Word

• उपन्यास: placing/arranging; deployment
• उपन्यास: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपन्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अवतरणम्: descent; dismounting; bringing down
• अवतरणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवतरण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पदातीनाम्: of the foot-soldiers/infantry
• पदातीनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदाति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• गूहनम्: concealment; hiding
• गूहनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गूहन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then; next
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• शत्रु: of the enemy
• शत्रु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रतीघातम्: repulse; counter-attack; striking back
• प्रतीघातम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतीघात
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आपदर्थ: for the sake of emergency/need
• आपदर्थ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपदर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परायणम्: as a last resort; having recourse to
• परायणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परायण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• śatru (enemy)
• padāti (infantry)