Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अदूरात्‌ तु ततस्तेषां ब्रह्म॒दत्तवरं सर: । हताहता वै तत्रैते जीवन्त्याप्लुत्य दानवा:

Transliteration

adūrāt tu tatas teṣāṃ brahmadattavaraṃ saraḥ | hatāhatā vai tatraite jīvanty āplutya dānavāḥ ||

Translation

अदूरात् तु ततस्तेषां ब्रह्मदत्तवरं सरः । हताहता वै तत्रैते जीवन्त्याप्लुत्य दानवाः ॥

Word by Word

• अदूरात्: from nearby / not far away
• अदूरात्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अदूर
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverbial sense: 'from not far')

• तु: but / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: Avyaya

• ततः: then / from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Genitive, plural (common)

• ब्रह्मदत्तवरम्: a boon granted by Brahmā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मदत्तवर
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• सरः: lake
• सरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular

• हताहताः: slain and wounded / struck down
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हताहत
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै
• Form: Avyaya

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: Avyaya

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• जीवन्ति: live / come to life
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव्
• Form: Present tense (Lat), parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural

• आप्लुत्य: having plunged (into the water)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-प्लु
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), 'having plunged/bathed'

• दानवाः: Dānavas (demons)
• दानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahmā
• Dānavas
• Daityas
• a boon (vara)
• a lake (saraḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how extraordinary boons can suspend ordinary consequences (like death in battle), creating moral and strategic complications; it implicitly warns that power granted by divine favor can prolong conflict and intensify violence rather than resolve it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a nearby lake endowed with Brahmā’s boon: Dānavas who are killed are carried by their companions to the lake, and by immersing in it they revive, returning to the fight.