Shloka 25

Kaurava Mobilization at Kurukṣetra (Duryodhana Orders War Preparations) / कुरुक्षेत्रे धार्तराष्ट्र-सैन्यसज्जा

Devanagari script

धृष्टद्युम्नमहं मन्‍्ये सहेद्‌ भीष्मस्य सायकान्‌ । वज्जाशनिसमस्पर्शान्‌ दीप्तास्यथानुरगानिव

Transliteration

dhṛṣṭadyumnam ahaṃ manye sahed bhīṣmasya sāyakān | vajrāśani-samasparśān dīptāsyathānuragān iva ||

Translation

میں سمجھتا ہوں کہ دھृष्टدیومن بھیشم کے اُن تیروں کا وار سہہ لے گا جن کا لمس بجلی اور صاعقے کی مانند ناقابلِ برداشت ہے، اور جو دہکتے دہانے والے سانپوں کی طرح لپکتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• धृष्टद्युम्नम्: Dhrishtadyumna (as object)
• धृष्टद्युम्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• मन्ये: think/consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Atmanepada

• सहेत्: could endure/withstand
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह् (सहते)
• Form: Optative (Potential), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• भीष्मस्य: of Bhishma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सायकान्: arrows
• सायकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वज्र: thunderbolt/diamond (as first member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र
• Form: Neuter, —, —

• अशनि: lightning (as first member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशनि
• Form: Feminine, —, —

• सम: equal/like (as compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: —, —, —

• स्पर्शान्: touches/contacts
• स्पर्शान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दीप्त: blazing, shining (as compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्त (√दीप्)
• Form: —, —, —

• आस्य: mouth/face (as compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्य
• Form: Neuter, —, —

• अथ: and/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अनुरगान्: serpents
• अनुरगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुरग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Bhīṣma
• sāyaka (arrows)
• vajra (thunderbolt)
• aśani (lightning)
• serpents (metaphor: blazing-mouthed snakes)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores prudent leadership in dharmic crisis: when conflict becomes unavoidable, responsibility should be placed on one capable of bearing the heaviest, most dangerous burden—here, facing Bhīṣma’s near-unstoppable force—so that the community is not shattered by misjudgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s war-preparation context, the speaker asserts that Dhṛṣṭadyumna alone is fit to endure Bhīṣma’s terrifying arrows, described through powerful similes (thunderbolt/lightning; blazing serpents), thereby supporting Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s suitability for a leading martial role.