Shloka 18

Nirmaryāda-saṃgrāma-varṇana — The Unbounded Clash and Bhīṣma’s Rallying Presence

Devanagari script

अहंकार बल दर्प काम॑ क्रोध॑ च संश्रिता: । मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्धिषन्तो5भ्यसूयका:+

Transliteration

ahaṅkāra-bala-darpa-kāma-krodha-saṁśritāḥ | mām ātma-para-deheṣu pradviṣanto 'bhyasūyakāḥ ||

Translation

ผู้ที่พึ่งพาอหังการ กำลัง ทิฐิ ความใคร่ และความโกรธ เป็นคนชอบจับผิดและอิจฉาริษยา—ย่อมเกลียดชังเรา ผู้เป็นอันตัรยามีสถิตอยู่ในกายของตนและในกายของผู้อื่น

Word by Word

• अहंकार: egoism
• अहंकार: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहंकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बल: strength
• बल: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दर्प: pride/arrogance
• दर्प: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्प
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• काम: desire
• काम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• संश्रिताः: having resorted to; devoted to
• संश्रिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-श्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Accusative, Singular

• आत्म-पर-देहेषु: in (their) own and others' bodies
• आत्म-पर-देहेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् + पर + देह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• प्रद्विषन्तः: hating; bearing malice
• प्रद्विषन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-द्विष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभ्यसूयकाः: censorious; fault-finding
• अभ्यसूयकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभ्यसूयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• the indwelling Lord (Antaryāmin / Īśvara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ego, arrogance, desire, and anger—combined with envy and fault-finding—lead a person to oppose the divine presence that dwells equally within oneself and within others; spiritual hostility is rooted in these inner vices.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīṣma Parva context, the discourse highlights moral and spiritual causes behind destructive behavior: certain people, dominated by pride and envy, become antagonistic to the Lord who abides as the inner ruler in all embodied beings.