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

三阇耶说道：于是，婆诃利迦——人中最胜者——从坐骑上一跃而下；在那场大战的激烈冲突中，他迅速登上了罗刹摩那的战车，陛下。

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.