Shloka 27

Bhīṣma’s Retrospective of the Jāmadagnya Rāma Encounter

Divyāstra-Pratiyuddha and Twilight Cessation

Devanagari script

आददानो महाबाहु: कार्मुकं तालसंनिभम्‌ | ततो मय्याददानं तं राममेव न्यवारयन्‌

Transliteration

ādadāno mahābāhuḥ kārmukaṃ tālasaṃnibham | tato mayy ādadānaṃ taṃ rāma evā nyavārayan ||

Translation

Nang kinukuha ng mandirigmang makapangyarihan ang kaniyang busog—malaki at matigas na parang punò ng palma—at nang itutuon na niya iyon sa akin, si Rāma (Paraśurāma) mismo ang pumigil sa kaniya.

Word by Word

• आददानः: taking, seizing
• आददानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed (one)
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कार्मुकम्: bow
• कार्मुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्मुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ताल-संनिभम्: resembling a palm tree
• ताल-संनिभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तालसंनिभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• मयि: on/against me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी, एकवचन

• आददानम्: taking up (aiming/raising)
• आददानम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• रामम्: Rama (Parashurama)
• रामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• न्यवारयन्: they restrained, held back
• न्यवारयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वारय् (धातु: वारयति, णिच्)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतन भूत), प्रथम, बहुवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Rāma
• kārmuka (bow)
• tāla (palmyra tree, as a simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when provoked and armed, a kṣatriya’s force should be governed by dharma—especially by legitimate authority and disciplined restraint—so that violence does not become impulsive or unrighteous.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that a mighty warrior seized a massive bow and was about to act against him, but Rāma intervened and stopped that action, preventing an immediate escalation.