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Shloka 28

Śikhaṇḍinī’s Marriage Arrangement and the Daśārṇa Envoy’s Accusation (शिखण्डिनी-विवाह-विप्रलम्भ-प्रसङ्गः)

महाबलो महोत्साह: सहेमकवचो नृप: । तस्माद्‌ रक्षस्व मां यक्ष मातरं पितरं च मे,वे सुवर्णमय कवचसे युक्त नरेश महाबली और महान्‌ उत्साही हैं--यक्ष! तुम मेरे माता- पिताकी और मेरी भी उनसे रक्षा करो

mahābalo mahotsāhaḥ sa hema-kavaco nṛpaḥ | tasmād rakṣasva māṃ yakṣa mātaraṃ pitaraṃ ca me ||

ఆ రాజు మహాబలవంతుడు, మహోత్సాహవంతుడు; స్వర్ణకవచధారి. కనుక, ఓ యక్షా! నన్ను, నా తల్లిని, నా తండ్రిని కూడా రక్షించు.

महाबलःvery strong, of great strength
महाबलः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाबल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महोत्साहःof great energy/enthusiasm
महोत्साहः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहोत्साह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सहेमकवचःwearing a golden armor
सहेमकवचः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसहेमकवच
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नृपःking
नृपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनृप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तस्मात्therefore; from that (reason)
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतस्मद्
रक्षस्वprotect (you must protect)
रक्षस्व:
TypeVerb
Rootरक्ष्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormAccusative, Singular
यक्षO Yaksha
यक्ष:
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
मातरम्mother
मातरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
पितरम्father
पितरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेmy; of me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
Y
Yaksha
K
king (nṛpaḥ)
G
golden armor (hema-kavaca)

Educational Q&A

Even amid looming conflict, one’s ethical horizon includes safeguarding dependents and honoring familial bonds; Bhishma’s plea frames protection of self and parents as a single moral concern.

Bhishma addresses a Yaksha, describing a powerful king in golden armor and requesting protective guardianship for himself as well as for his mother and father.