Shloka 526

भीष्म-युधिष्ठिर-संमर्दः

Bhīṣma’s Pressure on Yudhiṣṭhira; Śikhaṇḍī’s Approach; Evening Withdrawal

Devanagari script

जिघांसन्त: शतानीकं सर्वत: पर्यवारयन्‌ । राजन! दुष्कर्णको आघातसे पीड़ित देख पाँच महारथियोंने शतानीकको मार डालनेकी इच्छासे उसे सब ओरसे घेर लिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | jighāṃsantaḥ śatānīkaṃ sarvataḥ paryavārayan | rājan! duṣkarṇako āghātase pīḍita dekh pāñca mahārathiyoṃne śatānīkako mār ḍālne kī icchāse use sab orase gher liyā |

Translation

जिघांसन्तः शतानीकं सर्वतः पर्यवारयन् । राजन्, दुष्कर्णकोऽभिहतं प्रहारेण पीडितं दृष्ट्वा पञ्च महारथाः शतानीकं जिघांसवः सर्वतोऽभ्यवर्तन्त ॥

Word by Word

• जिघांसन्तः: wishing to kill
• जिघांसन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) → जिघांस् (इच्छार्थक देशिदेरिवेटिव)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शतानीकम्: Shatānīka
• शतानीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतानीक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वतः: from all sides
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• पर्यवारयन्: they surrounded/encircled
• पर्यवारयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + अव + √वृ (वृणोति/वृ) / √वृ (आवरणे) → पर्यावरण (धात्वर्थ)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• राजन्: O king!
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दुष्कर्णकः: Duṣkarṇaka
• दुष्कर्णकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कर्णक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आघातेन: by a blow/strike
• आघातेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आघात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पीडितः: afflicted, hurt
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √पीड् (पीडने) → पीडित (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (दर्शने) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• पञ्च: five
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पञ्च

• महारथिभिः: by the great chariot-warriors
• महारथिभिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शतानीकः: Shatānīka (as the one targeted/mentioned)
• शतानीकः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतानीक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वधाय: for killing (him)
• वधाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• इच्छया: with the desire
• इच्छया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वतः: from all sides
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• पर्यवारयन्: they surrounded
• पर्यवारयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + अव + √वृ (आवरणे)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Śatānīka
• Duṣkarṇa
• five mahārathas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger and retaliatory resolve in war quickly escalates into collective violence: a single injury (Duṣkarṇa being struck) becomes the trigger for coordinated aggression against Śatānīka. Ethically, it illustrates the battlefield tension between kṣatriya-duty and the destructive momentum of vengeance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that five elite chariot-warriors, intent on killing Śatānīka, surround him from all sides, motivated by the sight of Duṣkarṇa suffering from a blow.