Shloka 27

Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals

Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness

Devanagari script

व्यक्त भीत इवाभ्येति राजासौ भीष्ममन्तिकम्‌ | युधिष्ठटिर: ससोदर्य: शरणार्थ प्रयाचक:

Transliteration

vyakta-bhīta ivābhyeti rājāsau bhīṣmam antikam | yudhiṣṭhiraḥ sa-sodaryaḥ śaraṇārthaṃ prayācakaḥ |

Translation

“பாருங்கள், அந்த அரசன் யுதிஷ்டிரன் வெளிப்படையாக அஞ்சியவன் போல சகோதரர்களுடன் பீஷ்மரின் அருகே வருகிறான்—அடைக்கலம் வேண்டி யாசிப்பவனாய்.”

Word by Word

• व्यक्तम्: clearly, manifestly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: व्यक्त
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• भीतः: frightened
• भीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीत
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: Avyaya

• अभ्येति: approaches, comes near
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-इ
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd person, singular, Parasmaipada

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• असौ: that (one), he
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (प्रातिपदिक: अदस्)
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• अन्तिकम्: near, in the vicinity
• अन्तिकम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular (used adverbially: 'near')

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• स-सोदर्यः: together with his brothers (lit. with uterine brothers)
• स-सोदर्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + सोदर्य
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• शरण-अर्थम्: for refuge, for protection
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शरण + अर्थ
• Form: Avyaya (accusative used adverbially: 'for the purpose of')

• प्रयाचकः: a supplicant, one who begs
• प्रयाचकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-याचक
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira's brothers (the Pāṇḍavas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, dharma can require humility: Yudhiṣṭhira approaches an elder (Bhīṣma) as a supplicant, acknowledging moral authority and seeking guidance/refuge rather than acting from pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that King Yudhiṣṭhira, with his brothers, is visibly approaching Bhīṣma closely, appearing fearful, in order to ask for refuge/permission or blessing as a petitioner.