Shloka 36

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय 54: फल्गुन-प्रतिरोधः, सौबली-व्यूह-विध्वंसः, दुर्योधन-भीष्म-संवादः

Devanagari script

तत उद्धर्षयन्‌ सर्वान्‌ धृष्टद्युम्नो5 भ्यभाषत

Transliteration

tata uddharṣayan sarvān dhṛṣṭadyumno 'bhyabhāṣata

Translation

پھر دھِرِشتدیومن نے سب کو ابھارتے اور حوصلہ دیتے ہوئے مجمعِ جنگجوؤں سے خطاب کیا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereafter')

• उद्धर्षयन्: encouraging, cheering up
• उद्धर्षयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-हृष्
• Form: Present active participle (वर्तमान कृदन्त), masculine nominative singular

• सर्वान्: all (of them)
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine accusative plural

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine nominative singular (proper noun)

• अभ्यभाषत: spoke, addressed
• अभ्यभाषत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-भाष्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In a dharma-charged conflict, leadership includes strengthening others’ courage and clarity of purpose; uplifting the collective mind is presented as a necessary support to right action in crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Dhṛṣṭadyumna, after energizing everyone present, begins to speak—introducing a motivating address to his side as preparations and tensions of battle intensify.