Shloka 19

Adhyāya 111 (Book 6): Daśama-dina-saṃgrāma—Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira and the Śikhaṇḍin-Led Advance

Devanagari script

तत्र भारत भीमेन ताडितास्तावका: शरै: | रुधिरौघपरिक्लिन्ना: परलोक॑ ययुस्तदा

Transliteration

tatra bhārata bhīmena tāḍitās tāvakāḥ śaraiḥ | rudhiraughapariklinnāḥ paralokaṃ yayus tadā ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“在那里，噢，婆罗多的后裔啊，俱卢的战士们被毗摩之箭击倒，浸没在奔涌的血流之中，当时便离此世而往彼世。”

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• भीमेन: by Bhima
• भीमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• ताडिताः: struck, smitten
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताडित
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural (past passive participle of √ताड्)

• तावकाः: your men (your side’s warriors)
• तावकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तावक
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• रुधिरौघपरिक्लिन्नाः: soaked with streams of blood
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुधिरौघ-परिक्लिन्न
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• परलोकम्: to the other world (next world)
• परलोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परलोक
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• ययुः: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd person, plural, parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा
• Form: indeclinable (temporal adverb)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• Bhīma
• Tāvakāḥ (Kaurava warriors)
• Śara (arrows)
• Paraloka (the next world)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the stark consequence of warfare: even when fought under the banner of duty, battle results in death and suffering. It invites reflection on the ethical gravity of violence and the irreversible cost borne by those who fight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that on the battlefield Bhīma struck the Kaurava troops with arrows; soaked in streams of blood, they died and ‘went to the next world’ (paraloka).