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Shloka 13

भीष्मसेनासंनिवेशः — Bhīṣma’s Mobilization, Omens, and the Kaurava Array

स तु वैकर्तन: कर्ण: सामात्य: सह बन्धुभि: | न्यासित: समरे शस्त्र भीष्मेण भरतर्षभ,भरतभूषण! इस युद्धमें भीष्मने मन्त्रियों और बन्धुओंसहित कर्णके अस्त्र-शस्त्र रखवा दिये थे

sa tu vaikartanaḥ karṇaḥ sāmātyaḥ saha bandhubhiḥ | nyāsitaḥ samare śastraṃ bhīṣmeṇa bharatarṣabha ||

Sañjaya nói: “Karna, con của người đánh xe (Vaikartana), cùng các đại thần và thân tộc, đã bị Bhīṣma buộc phải đặt vũ khí xuống ngay trên chiến địa, hỡi bậc tráng sĩ dòng Bharata. Việc ấy nêu rõ kỷ luật nghiêm minh trong quyền thống lĩnh của Bhīṣma, và sự đặt thù riêng dưới trật tự chiến trận—dẫu điều đó có kìm giữ một chiến binh đáng sợ.”

सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
वैकर्तनःVaikartana (son of the charioteer; Karna)
वैकर्तनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवैकर्तन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कर्णःKarna
कर्णः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सामात्यःtogether with ministers
सामात्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसामात्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सहwith
सह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
बन्धुभिःby/with (his) kinsmen
बन्धुभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबन्धु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
न्यासितःwas made to deposit / was caused to lay down
न्यासितः:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-आस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)
समरेin battle
समरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमर
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
शस्त्राणिweapons
शस्त्राणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशस्त्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
भीष्मेणby Bhishma
भीष्मेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas
भरतर्षभ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-ऋषभ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भरतभूषणO ornament of the Bharatas
भरतभूषण:
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-भूषण
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
K
Karṇa
B
Bhīṣma
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address: bharatarṣabha)
W
Weapons (śastra)

Educational Q&A

Even in war, authority and discipline matter: Bhīṣma prioritizes orderly command and the larger conduct of battle over individual pride, showing that dharma includes restraint and adherence to leadership.

Sañjaya reports that Bhīṣma had Karṇa’s weapons set aside on the battlefield, with Karṇa’s ministers and kinsmen present—indicating Bhīṣma’s control over Karṇa’s participation and the tension between them within the Kaurava camp.