Shloka 33

Devanagari script

दिनानि दश भीष्मेण निघ्नता तावकं बलम्‌

Transliteration

dināni daśa bhīṣmeṇa nighnatā tāvakaṃ balam

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า: ตลอดสิบวัน เมื่อภีษมะสังหารกองทัพของเราอยู่ กองทัพเการพก็ร่อยหรอลงโดยลำดับ

Word by Word

• दिनानि: days
• दिनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• भीष्मेण: by Bhishma
• भीष्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• निघ्नता: while slaying/striking down
• निघ्नता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular, Present active participle (शतृ)

• तावकम्: your (Kauravas')
• तावकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बलम्: army/force
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Kaurava army (tāvakaṃ balam)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores the moral logic of the epic: power and numbers do not guarantee victory when a cause is ethically compromised; sustained violence, even when performed as a warrior’s duty, reveals the heavy cost of adharma and flawed leadership.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that for ten days Bhīṣma was actively fighting and killing on the battlefield, during which the Kaurava forces were being worn down—recalling the early phase of the Kurukṣetra war dominated by Bhīṣma’s command.