Shloka 27

Adhyāya 107 — बहुयुद्धप्रकरणम्

Multiple Defensive Engagements to Protect Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

अवलष्लुत्य ततो वाहाद्‌ बाह्लीक: पुरुषोत्तम: । आरुरोह रथं तूर्ण लक्ष्मणस्य महारणे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | avalaṣlutya tato vāhād bāhlīkaḥ puruṣottamaḥ | āruroha rathaṃ tūrṇaṃ lakṣmaṇasya mahāraṇe mahārāja ||

Translation

Sañjaya thưa: Rồi Bāhlīka, bậc tối thượng trong hàng trượng phu, liền nhảy xuống khỏi vật cưỡi của mình và, giữa cuộc giao tranh lớn lao, mau chóng lên cỗ chiến xa của Lakṣmaṇa, tâu Đại vương.

Word by Word

• अवलष्लुत्य: having leapt down
• अवलष्लुत्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-लष्/लस् (धातु) → अवलष्लुत्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), कर्तरि, —, —, —

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• वाहात्: from the mount/vehicle (horse/chariot)
• वाहात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• बाह्लीकः: Bāhlīka (proper name)
• बाह्लीकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाह्लीक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पुरुषोत्तमः: the best of men
• पुरुषोत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषोत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• आरुरोह: mounted/ascended
• आरुरोह: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह् (धातु)
• Form: perfect (लिट्), 3rd, singular, कर्तरि

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्रयोगः)

• लक्ष्मणस्य: of Lakṣmaṇa
• लक्ष्मणस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• महारणे: in the great battle
• महारणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Bāhlīka
• Lakṣmaṇa
• ratha (chariot)
• vāha (mount/vehicle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In a chaotic war setting, steadiness and swift practical decision-making are essential; when one’s immediate support fails, a warrior must quickly find a viable position to continue duty without surrendering to panic.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bāhlīka dismounts from his current mount/vehicle and rapidly climbs onto Lakṣmaṇa’s chariot in the midst of the great battle, as reported by Sanjaya to the king.