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Shloka 1

Devanagari script

[दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके ३ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल १२५ श्लोक हैं।] #स्न्ैमा+ () अिमनने विशर्त्याधिकशततमो< ध्याय: भीष्मजीकी महत्ता तथा अर्जुनके द्वारा भीष्मको तकिया देना एवं उभय पक्षकी सेनाओंका अपने शिबिरमें जाना और श्रीकृष्ण-युधिषिर-संवाद धृतराष्ट उवाच कथमासंस्तदा योधा हीना भीष्मेण संजय । बलिना देवकल्पेन गुर्वर्थे ब्रह्मचारिणा

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | katham āsan tadā yodhā hīnā bhīṣmeṇa sañjaya | balinā devakalpena gurvarthaṃ brahmacāriṇā ||

Translation

持国王问道：“三阇耶，当时诸将士在失去毗湿摩之后情形如何？他力大如神，为父之故终身守持梵行（brahmacarya）；自他从战车上坠落之后，我方武士成了何等模样？”

Word by Word

धृतराष्ट्रःDhṛtarāṣṭra

उवाचsaid

कथम्how

आसन्were

तदाthen

योधाःwarriors

हीनाःdeprived (of)

भीष्मेणby Bhīṣma / of Bhīṣma (as the one whose support is lacking)

संजयO Sañjaya

बलिनाby/with the strong one

देवकल्पेनby one like a god

गुरोःof (his) father/elder

अर्थेfor the sake of / in the matter of

ब्रह्मचारिणाby the lifelong celibate

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Sañjaya

Bhīṣma

chariot (ratha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how a single figure’s dharmic stature and disciplined vow (Bhīṣma’s brahmacarya undertaken for his father) can become a pillar of collective strength; when such a support is removed, the ethical and psychological foundations of an army—and of a ruler’s confidence—are shaken.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Bhīṣma has fallen from his chariot and is no longer effectively leading, Dhṛtarāṣṭra anxiously asks Sañjaya to describe the state of the Kaurava warriors who have been left without Bhīṣma’s protection and command.