Shloka 6

भीष्म-पर्व अध्याय १०० — त्रिगर्त-आक्रमण, भीष्म-केन्द्रित पुनर्संयोजन, तथा शक्त्यस्त्र-विनिमय

Devanagari script

(त्वयि युद्धविमुखे चापि जितश्वास्मि हि पाण्डवै: । द्रोणस्य प्रमुखे वीरा हतास्ते भ्रातरो मम ।। भीमसेनेन राधेय मम चैवानुपश्यत: ।) 'राधानन्दन! तुम युद्धसे मुँह मोड़कर बैठ रहे हो, इसलिये पाण्डवोंने मुझे परास्त कर दिया। द्रोणाचार्यके सामने ही मेरे देखते-देखते भीमसेनने मेरे वीर भाइयोंको मार डाला। निकृतः पाण्डवै: शूरैरवरध्यैर्दैवतैरपि । सो*हं संशयमापतन्न: प्रहरिष्ये कं रणे,'पाण्डव शूरवीर और देवताओंके लिये भी अवध्य हैं। उनके द्वारा पराजित होकर मैं जीवनके संशयमें पड़ गया हूँ। ऐसी दशामें रणक्षेत्रमें मैं कैसे युद्ध करूँगा?”

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

tvayi yuddha-vimukhe cāpi jitaśvo 'smi hi pāṇḍavaiḥ |

droṇasya pramukhe vīrā hatās te bhrātaro mama ||

bhīmasenena rādheya mama caivānupaśyataḥ |

nikṛtaḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ śūrair avaradhyair daivatair api |

so 'haṃ saṃśayam āpatan naḥ prahariṣye kaṃ raṇe ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Vì ngươi đã ngoảnh mặt khỏi chiến trận, hỡi con của Rādhā, ta quả đã bị các Pāṇḍava khuất phục. Ngay trước mắt Drona, và khi chính ta đứng nhìn, Bhīmasena đã giết những người anh em anh dũng của ta. Bị đánh bại bởi các Pāṇḍava dũng mãnh—những chiến sĩ mà ngay cả chư thiên cũng không thể chế ngự—ta rơi vào cơn khủng hoảng của chính mạng sống. Trong tình thế ấy, nơi chiến địa, ta còn có thể đánh ai?”

Word by Word

त्वयिin/with regard to you

युद्ध-विमुखेwhen (you are) turned away from battle

चand

अपिeven/also

जितःdefeated

अस्मिI am

हिindeed/for

पाण्डवैःby the Pandavas

द्रोणस्यof Drona

प्रमुखेin the presence (of)

वीराःheroes

हताःkilled

तेthose/they

भ्रातरःbrothers

ममmy

भीमसेनेनby Bhimasena

राधेयO Radheya (Karna)

ममof me/my

चand

एवindeed/just

अनुपश्यतःwhile (I) was watching

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karṇa (Rādheya)

Pāṇḍavas

Droṇa

Bhīmasena

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s brothers (Kaurava brothers, implied)

Devas (gods)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights the ethical and psychological collapse that follows when a key warrior withdraws from duty: defeat, grief, and loss of resolve spread through the ranks. It underscores how responsibility in war is collective—one person’s refusal to fight can demoralize allies and intensify the sense of helplessness against an apparently ‘invincible’ opponent.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that because Karṇa has turned away from fighting, the Pāṇḍavas have gained the upper hand. In the presence of Droṇa, Bhīma has slain the speaker’s heroic brothers while he watched. Overwhelmed by the Pāṇḍavas—described as unconquerable even by the gods—he falls into doubt and asks how he can strike anyone in battle in such a condition.