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Shloka 1

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें संकुलयुद्धाविषयक एक सौ सत्रहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ ११७ ॥। फल + (0) आजअत+- अष्टादशाधिकशततमोब<् ध्याय: भीष्मका अद्भुत पराक्रम करते हुए पाण्डव-सेनाका भीषण संहार संजय उवाच सम॑ व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु भूयिष्ेष्वनिवर्तिन: । ब्रह्मलोकपरा: सर्वे समपद्यन्त भारत,संजय कहते हैं--भरतनन्दन! दोनों पक्षकी सेनाओंको समानरूपसे व्यूहबद्ध करके खड़ा किया गया था। अधिकांश सैनिक उस व्यूहमें ही स्थित थे। वे सब-के-सब युद्धमें पीठ न दिखानेवाले तथा ब्रह्मलोकको ही अपना परम लक्ष्य मानकर युद्धमें तत्पर रहनेवाले थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | samaṁ vyūḍheṣv anīkeṣu bhūyiṣṭheṣv anivartinaḥ | brahmalokaparāḥ sarve samapadyanta bhārata ||

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—भारत! समं व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु भूयिष्ठेष्वनिवर्तिषु। ब्रह्मलोकपराः सर्वे समपद्यन्त भारत॥

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

समम्equally, evenly

व्यूढेषुin (those) arrayed/formed (in battle-order)

अनीकेषुin the armies/divisions

भूयिष्ठेषुin the majority (of them)

अनिवर्तिनःnot turning back, unretreating

ब्रह्मलोकपराःhaving Brahmaloka as the highest aim

सर्वेall

समपद्यन्तstood/engaged (in that manner), took their positions

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by vocative Bhārata)

Brahmaloka

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames battlefield steadfastness as an ethical ideal: warriors are described as anivartinaḥ (not retreating) and as aiming at Brahmaloka, suggesting that courage and commitment to one’s chosen duty are reinforced by a transcendent moral horizon.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that both sides have been set in orderly, balanced formations, with most fighters holding their positions and preparing to engage without retreat.