Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यः शक्तः समरे भीष्म॑ प्रतियोद्धुमिहाहवे । ऋते त्वां पुरुषव्याप्र सत्यमेतद्‌ ब्रवीमि ते

Transliteration

yaḥ śaktaḥ samare bhīṣma pratīyoddhum ihāhave | ṛte tvāṃ puruṣavyāghra satyam etad bravīmi te ||

Translation

इहाहवे समरे भीष्मं प्रतियोद्धुं यः शक्तः स्यात्—ऋते त्वां पुरुषव्याघ्र; सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते।

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शक्तः: able, capable
• शक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त (शक्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतियोद्धुम्: to fight against, to oppose in combat
• प्रतियोद्धुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-युध्
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun), Parasmaipada (usage)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• आहवे: in the battle, in the fight
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• ऋते: except, without
• ऋते: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋते

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: पुरुष-व्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रवीमि: I say, I speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, First, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Bhishma
• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes truthful appraisal and responsible counsel in war: recognizing real capability without flattery or doubt, and speaking plainly for the sake of duty and strategic clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports an assessment of the battlefield: among Yudhishthira’s side, only Arjuna is seen as capable of directly opposing Bhishma in combat, and this is stated as a firm truth.