Shloka 25
Daśame’hani Bhīṣma-yuddham — Śikhaṇḍī-rakṣaṇa, Arjuna-prabhāva, Duryodhana-āśraya-vākyam
Devanagari script
तथैव भगदत्तश्न श्रुतायुश्न महाबल:
Transliteration
tathaiva bhagadattaś ca śrutāyuś ca mahābalaḥ
Translation
तथैव भगदत्तश्च श्रुतायुश्च महाबलः ।
Word by Word
तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed, just, also
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
भगदत्तःBhagadatta (proper name)
भगदत्तः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभगदत्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
श्रुतायुःŚrutāyu (proper name)
श्रुतायुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्रुतायु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
महाबलःmighty, of great strength
महाबलः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाबल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)भ
भगदत्त (Bhagadatta)श
श्रुतायु (Śrutāyu)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
Even extraordinary strength (mahābala) is ethically ambivalent in war: prowess becomes meaningful only by the cause it serves. The verse, by listing mighty fighters, invites reflection on how personal valor can be absorbed into collective conflict and its consequences.
Sañjaya continues his battlefield report by naming additional powerful warriors—Bhagadatta and Śrutāyu—indicating that they too are participating in the ongoing combat, alongside others previously mentioned.