Shloka 45

भीष्मशिबिरगमनम् — Duryodhana’s Visit to Bhīṣma’s Camp and the Command Appeal

Devanagari script

अथाभ्याशगतानां स खड्गेनामित्रकर्शन: । असिहस्तापहस्ताभ्यां तेषां गात्राण्यकृन्तत,तब शत्रुसूदन इरावानने निकट आनेपर कभी दाहिने और कभी बायें हाथसे तलवार घुमाकर उसके द्वारा शत्रुओंके अंगोंको छिन्न-भिन्न कर दिया

Transliteration

athābhyāśagatānāṃ sa khaḍgenāmitrakarśanaḥ | asihastāpahastābhyāṃ teṣāṃ gātrāṇyakṛntata ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then that foe-subduer, as the enemies closed in, whirled his sword—now with the right hand, now with the left—and hewed their limbs apart. The scene underscores the grim immediacy of battle, where prowess and resolve are displayed through decisive action, even as the ethical weight of violence remains implicit in the epic’s war setting.

Word by Word

अथthen

अभ्याशगतानाम्of those who had come near

सःhe

खड्गेनwith a sword

अमित्रकर्शनःenemy-harassing (one)

असिहस्तwith the sword-hand

अपहस्ताभ्याम्with both hands (right and left)

तेषाम्of them

गात्राणिlimbs

अकृन्तत्cut off / severed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

the unnamed warrior described as amitrakarśanaḥ

sword (khaḍga/asi)

approaching enemies

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes