Shloka 13

अध्याय १६९ — भीष्मस्य पाण्डवसेनाप्रशंसा तथा शिखण्डिविषये नियमः

Bhīṣma’s Appraisal of Pāṇḍava Forces and His Constraint Regarding Śikhaṇḍin

Devanagari script

पृथगक्षौहिणी भ्यां तावुभी संयति दारुणौ । सम्बन्धिभावं रक्षन्ती महत्‌ कर्म करिष्यत:

Transliteration

pṛthag akṣauhiṇībhyāṃ tāv ubhī saṃyati dāruṇau | sambandhibhāvaṃ rakṣantī mahat karma kariṣyataḥ ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «Оба они в битве поистине грозны и страшны. Потому, оберегая узы родства, каждый из них совершит великие подвиги доблести, опираясь на отдельную акшаухини (полное войсковое соединение)».

Word by Word

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक्
• Form: avyaya

• अक्षौहिणीभ्याम्: with two (separate) akṣauhiṇī armies
• अक्षौहिणीभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षौहिणी
• Form: feminine, instrumental, dual

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: उभ
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• संयति: in battle
• संयति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयत्
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• दारुणौ: fierce, dreadful
• दारुणौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• सम्बन्धिभावम्: the state of kinship/relationship
• सम्बन्धिभावम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्बन्धिभाव
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• रक्षन्ती: protecting, preserving
• रक्षन्ती: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: present active participle, feminine, nominative, singular

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कर्म: deed, act
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• करिष्यतः: will do / will perform
• करिष्यतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: simple future (luṭ), 3rd person, dual, parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• akṣauhiṇī (army division)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid inevitable conflict, one should strive to preserve rightful bonds and ethical restraints; valor is not license for cruelty, and duty in war is framed by dharma and relationship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes two warriors as exceptionally fearsome in combat and predicts that, while maintaining the proprieties of kinship, they will each fight with their own separate full army division and accomplish great martial feats.