Shloka 5

Devanagari script

कि ते विवक्षया वीर जहि भीष्मं महारथम्‌ । न हान्यमनुपश्यामि कज्चिद्‌ यौधिष्ठिरे बले

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

kiṁ te vivakṣayā vīra jahi bhīṣmaṁ mahāratham |

na hi anyam anupaśyāmi kaścid yudhiṣṭhire bale ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“勇士啊，还要说什么、还要反复思量什么？当击倒毗湿摩，那位伟大的车战勇士。因为在由提施提罗的军中，除你之外，我看不见还有谁能在战场上真正与毗湿摩抗衡。”

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, dative, singular

• विवक्षया: by (the) wish to speak / intention
• विवक्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवक्षा
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• वीर: O hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• जहि: slay
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: imperative, 2nd, singular, parasmaipada

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• महा-रथम्: the great chariot-warrior
• महा-रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अन्यम्: another (person)
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अनुपश्यामि: I see / I perceive
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√पश्
• Form: present, 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• कञ्चित्: anyone
• कञ्चित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• यौधिष्ठिरे: in (the army) of Yudhishthira
• यौधिष्ठिरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यौधिष्ठिर
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• बले: in the army/force
• बले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Yudhiṣṭhira’s army (Pāṇḍava forces)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In the midst of war, prolonged hesitation can become ethically costly; leadership sometimes demands decisive action against even revered opponents when the larger duty (protecting one’s side and ending devastation) requires it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports an urgent counsel: the addressed hero is told to stop further deliberation and to strike down Bhīṣma, because no other warrior in Yudhiṣṭhira’s forces is seen as capable of facing Bhīṣma effectively.