Shloka 65

Devanagari script

एतान्‌ संग्रामकाले तु पठत: क्षत्रियस्य तु । व्रजन्ति रिपवो नाशं क्षेम॑ च परिवर्तते,युद्धकालमें इन नामोंका पाठ करनेवाले क्षत्रियके शत्रु भाग जाते हैं और उसका सब ओरसे कल्याण होता है

Transliteration

etān saṅgrāma-kāle tu paṭhataḥ kṣatriyasya tu | vrajanti ripavo nāśaṃ kṣemaṃ ca parivartate ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：正当战斗之时，刹帝利若诵念这些名号，其敌必趋于败亡，而自身安稳吉庆则四方回转、周遍坚固。

Word by Word

• एतान्: these (names)
• एतान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• संग्रामकाले: at the time of battle
• संग्रामकाले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्रामकाल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• पठतः: of (one) reciting
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ्
• Form: Present, Participle (Shatru), Parasmaipada (Active), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• क्षत्रियस्य: of a Kshatriya
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तु: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• व्रजन्ति: go/withdraw
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada (Active), Third, Plural

• रिपवः: enemies
• रिपवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नाशम्: destruction/ruin
• नाशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्षेमम्: welfare/safety
• क्षेमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• परिवर्तते: turns into/ensues (comes about)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि√वृत्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada (Middle), Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Kshatriya
• Enemies (ripavaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Recitation of sacred names/formulas at the time of battle is presented as a dharmic aid for a kṣatriya: it brings protection (kṣema) and causes hostile forces to fail, emphasizing inner alignment with righteousness as a source of strength.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues his instruction by describing the practical fruit of reciting certain names during combat: the reciter’s enemies head toward destruction, while the reciter’s welfare and safety turn favorable.