Mahabharata 6.113.4 — Bhishma Parva, Adhyaya 113, Shloka 4

भीष्मस्य अप्रतिमपराक्रमः — शिखण्डिपुरस्कृतः प्रहारः

Bhīṣma’s unmatched momentum and the assault with Śikhaṇḍin in the lead

Devanagari script

धृष्टद्युम्नस्तथा राजन सौभद्रश्न महारथ: । हृष्टावाद्रवतां भीष्म॑ श्रुत्वा पार्थस्य भाषितम्‌

Transliteration

dhṛṣṭadyumnas tathā rājan saubhadraś ca mahārathaḥ | hṛṣṭāv ādravatāṁ bhīṣmaṁ śrutvā pārthasya bhāṣitam ||

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช ครั้นได้ยินถ้อยคำของปารถะแล้ว ธฤษฏทยุมน์และเสาบัทร มหารถีอภิมันยุ ต่างเปี่ยมด้วยความยินดีและฮึกเหิม พากันพุ่งตรงไปยังภีษมะ

Word by Word

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सौभद्रः: the son of Subhadra (Abhimanyu)
• सौभद्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महारथः: great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हृष्टौ: the two, delighted
• हृष्टौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• अद्रवताम्: ran (they ran)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Plural

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma (towards/against Bhishma)
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• पार्थस्य: of Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भाषितम्: speech/words spoken
• भाषितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाषित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Dhrishtadyumna
• Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)
• Partha (Arjuna)
• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how righteous resolve and clear speech from a principal warrior (Arjuna) can awaken courage and coordinated action in comrades; morale and dharmic determination translate into decisive movement in crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Dhrishtadyumna and Abhimanyu, encouraged by Arjuna’s words, surge forward enthusiastically to engage Bhishma in battle.