Shloka 25

Adhyāya 112: Bhīṣma-prati Arjunasya Pravṛttiḥ

Arjuna’s Forward Drive Toward Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

तव संधारयनू्‌ पुत्रमब्रवीच्छान्तनो: सुत: । दुर्योधन विजानीहि स्थिरो भूत्वा विशाम्पते

Transliteration

tava sandhārayann putram abravīc chāntanoḥ sutaḥ | duryodhana vijānīhi sthiro bhūtvā viśāmpate ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“他一面安抚你的儿子，善檀奴之子（毗湿摩）一面说道：‘难敌啊，明白此理——稳住心神，人民之主！’”

Word by Word

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• संधारयन्: supporting / sustaining
• संधारयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-धृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said / spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शान्तनोः: of Śāntanu
• शान्तनोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तनु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुर्योधन: O Duryodhana
• दुर्योधन: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विजानीहि: know / understand
• विजानीहि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्थिरः: steady / firm
• स्थिरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), —

• विशाम्: of the people
• विशाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• पते: O lord
• पते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma (Śāntanu’s son)
• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

An elder’s counsel to a ruler: in crisis, steadiness of mind and resolve are essential for leadership; emotional agitation must be restrained so that duty can be carried out with clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Bhīṣma physically or emotionally steadies Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son Duryodhana and urges him to be firm and to understand the situation—an immediate pre-battle exhortation within Bhīṣma Parva.